diff --git a/source/MaterialXCore/Value.cpp b/source/MaterialXCore/Value.cpp
index 6b183f1220..ebf1346f8d 100644
--- a/source/MaterialXCore/Value.cpp
+++ b/source/MaterialXCore/Value.cpp
@@ -31,8 +31,6 @@ template <class T> using enable_if_std_vector_t =
 template <class T> void stringToData(const string& str, T& data)
 {
     std::stringstream ss(str);
-
-    // Ignore regional settings while streaming data  
     ss.imbue(std::locale::classic());
     if (!(ss >> data))
     {
@@ -97,9 +95,9 @@ template <class T> void stringToData(const string& str, enable_if_std_vector_t<T
 template <class T> void dataToString(const T& data, string& str)
 {
     std::stringstream ss;
+    ss.imbue(std::locale::classic());
 
     // Set float format and precision for the stream
-    ss.imbue(std::locale::classic());
     const Value::FloatFormat fmt = Value::getFloatFormat();
     ss.setf(std::ios_base::fmtflags(
             (fmt == Value::FloatFormatFixed ? std::ios_base::fixed :