diff --git a/cmake/CheckFloatingPointFormat.cmake b/cmake/CheckFloatingPointFormat.cmake
index a1a6581020..491d1023f2 100644
--- a/cmake/CheckFloatingPointFormat.cmake
+++ b/cmake/CheckFloatingPointFormat.cmake
@@ -6,10 +6,12 @@ MACRO(UB_CHECK_FLOATING_POINT_FORMAT IEEE754_FLOATS FLOAT_BYTES_BIGENDIAN FLOAT_
 
 		SET(UB_CHECK_FLOATING_POINT_FORMAT_TARGET
 			"${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}${CMAKE_FILES_DIRECTORY}/CheckFloatingPointFormat.bin")
+		SET(CMAKE_TRY_COMPILE_TARGET_TYPE_SAVE ${CMAKE_TRY_COMPILE_TARGET_TYPE})
 		SET(CMAKE_TRY_COMPILE_TARGET_TYPE STATIC_LIBRARY) # added to silence Windows Defender
 		TRY_COMPILE(HAVE_${IEEE754_FLOATS} "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}"
 			"${UB_DIRECTORY_OF_CHECK_FLOATING_POINT_FORMAT_SCRIPT}/CheckFloatingPointFormat.c"
 			COPY_FILE "${UB_CHECK_FLOATING_POINT_FORMAT_TARGET}")
+		SET(CMAKE_TRY_COMPILE_TARGET_TYPE ${CMAKE_TRY_COMPILE_TARGET_TYPE_SAVE})
 
 		IF(HAVE_${IEEE754_FLOATS})
 			FILE(STRINGS "${UB_CHECK_FLOATING_POINT_FORMAT_TARGET}"