diff --git a/rows/fields.py b/rows/fields.py
index dc308e66..a45a840c 100644
--- a/rows/fields.py
+++ b/rows/fields.py
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ def deserialize(cls, value, *args, **kwargs):
             return value
         elif isinstance(value, float):
             new_value = int(value)
-            if new_value != value:
+            if not new_value is value:  # we want 1.0 to be different from 1
                 raise ValueError("It's float, not integer")
             else:
                 value = new_value
diff --git a/tests/tests_fields.py b/tests/tests_fields.py
index 9811da14..ecc343e9 100644
--- a/tests/tests_fields.py
+++ b/tests/tests_fields.py
@@ -430,6 +430,19 @@ def test_detect_types_binary(self):
         result = fields.detect_types(self.fields, values)
         self.assertDictEqual(dict(result), expected)
 
+    def test_detect_types_float_int(self):
+        '''detect_types must preserve object type
+
+        From issue: https://github.com/turicas/rows/issues/198
+        '''
+
+        field_names = ['field1', 'field2']
+        expected = {'field1': fields.IntegerField,
+                    'field2': fields.FloatField, }
+
+        assert expected == fields.detect_types(field_names, [[42, 1.2]])
+        assert expected == fields.detect_types(field_names, [[42, 1.0]])
+
     def test_detect_types(self):
         result = fields.detect_types(self.fields, self.data)
         self.assertDictEqual(dict(result), self.expected)