diff --git a/activesupport/lib/active_support/number_helper/number_to_rounded_converter.rb b/activesupport/lib/active_support/number_helper/number_to_rounded_converter.rb
index 01597b288a..47028e9ecf 100644
--- a/activesupport/lib/active_support/number_helper/number_to_rounded_converter.rb
+++ b/activesupport/lib/active_support/number_helper/number_to_rounded_converter.rb
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ module ActiveSupport
         end
 
         def digit_count(number)
-          (Math.log10(absolute_number(number)) + 1).floor
+          number.zero? ? 1 : (Math.log10(absolute_number(number)) + 1).floor
         end
 
         def strip_insignificant_zeros
diff --git a/activesupport/test/number_helper_test.rb b/activesupport/test/number_helper_test.rb
index bb51cc68f2..50d84a9470 100644
--- a/activesupport/test/number_helper_test.rb
+++ b/activesupport/test/number_helper_test.rb
@@ -135,6 +135,7 @@ module ActiveSupport
           assert_equal("111.23460000000000000000", number_helper.number_to_rounded(BigDecimal(111.2346, Float::DIG), :precision => 20))
           assert_equal("111.2346" + "0"*96, number_helper.number_to_rounded('111.2346', :precision => 100))
           assert_equal("111.2346", number_helper.number_to_rounded(Rational(1112346, 10000), :precision => 4))
+          assert_equal('0.00', number_helper.number_to_rounded(Rational(0, 1), :precision => 2))
         end
       end