diff --git a/src/utils/number.js b/src/utils/number.js
index b1550ef37..7b62b1ae3 100644
--- a/src/utils/number.js
+++ b/src/utils/number.js
@@ -308,7 +308,7 @@ export function format (value, options) {
  */
 export function splitNumber (value) {
   // parse the input value
-  const match = String(value).toLowerCase().match(/^0*?(-?)(\d+\.?\d*)(e([+-]?\d+))?$/)
+  const match = String(value).toLowerCase().match(/^(-?)(\d+\.?\d*)(e([+-]?\d+))?$/)
   if (!match) {
     throw new SyntaxError('Invalid number ' + value)
   }
diff --git a/test/unit-tests/utils/number.test.js b/test/unit-tests/utils/number.test.js
index 19674ed3f..358e12950 100644
--- a/test/unit-tests/utils/number.test.js
+++ b/test/unit-tests/utils/number.test.js
@@ -376,6 +376,7 @@ describe('number', function () {
         assert.deepStrictEqual(splitNumber('-23e3'), { sign: '-', coefficients: [2, 3], exponent: 4 })
         assert.deepStrictEqual(splitNumber('2.3e-3'), { sign: '', coefficients: [2, 3], exponent: -3 })
         assert.deepStrictEqual(splitNumber('23e-3'), { sign: '', coefficients: [2, 3], exponent: -2 })
+        assert.deepStrictEqual(splitNumber('000e+003'), { sign: '', coefficients: [0], exponent: 3 })
         assert.deepStrictEqual(splitNumber('-23e-3'), { sign: '-', coefficients: [2, 3], exponent: -2 })
         assert.deepStrictEqual(splitNumber('99.99'), { sign: '', coefficients: [9, 9, 9, 9], exponent: 1 })
       })