diff --git a/src/webgpu/util/math.ts b/src/webgpu/util/math.ts
index 018d350a984d..9b901bfa6da4 100644
--- a/src/webgpu/util/math.ts
+++ b/src/webgpu/util/math.ts
@@ -2013,13 +2013,9 @@ export interface QuantizeFunc {
   (num: number): number;
 }
 
-/** Statically allocate working data, so it doesn't need per-call creation */
-const quantizeToF32Data = new Float32Array(new ArrayBuffer(4));
-
 /** @returns the closest 32-bit floating point value to the input */
 export function quantizeToF32(num: number): number {
-  quantizeToF32Data[0] = num;
-  return quantizeToF32Data[0];
+  return Math.fround(num);
 }
 
 /** @returns the closest 16-bit floating point value to the input */