diff --git a/generators/builtins/primitives/WasmPrimitivesGenerator.kt b/generators/builtins/primitives/WasmPrimitivesGenerator.kt
index ffa4e1ae7e5..8652ccdde3b 100644
--- a/generators/builtins/primitives/WasmPrimitivesGenerator.kt
+++ b/generators/builtins/primitives/WasmPrimitivesGenerator.kt
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ class WasmPrimitivesGenerator(writer: PrintWriter) : BasePrimitivesGenerator(wri
                     }
                 }
                 "rem" -> when (thisKind) {
-                    in PrimitiveType.floatingPoint -> "this - (wasm_${thisKind.prefixLowercase}_nearest(this / $parameterName) * $parameterName)"
+                    in PrimitiveType.floatingPoint -> "this - (wasm_${thisKind.prefixLowercase}_truncate(this / $parameterName) * $parameterName)"
                     else -> return implementAsIntrinsic(thisKind, methodName)
                 }
                 else -> return implementAsIntrinsic(thisKind, methodName)
diff --git a/libraries/stdlib/wasm/builtins/kotlin/Primitives.kt b/libraries/stdlib/wasm/builtins/kotlin/Primitives.kt
index 6c00e4ba716..086dd2c01c2 100644
--- a/libraries/stdlib/wasm/builtins/kotlin/Primitives.kt
+++ b/libraries/stdlib/wasm/builtins/kotlin/Primitives.kt
@@ -2146,7 +2146,7 @@ public class Float private constructor(private val value: Float) : Number(), Com
     @SinceKotlin("1.1")
     @kotlin.internal.IntrinsicConstEvaluation
     public operator fun rem(other: Float): Float =
-        this - (wasm_f32_nearest(this / other) * other)
+        this - (wasm_f32_truncate(this / other) * other)
 
     /**
      * Calculates the remainder of truncating division of this value (dividend) by the other value (divisor).
@@ -2552,7 +2552,7 @@ public class Double private constructor(private val value: Double) : Number(), C
     @SinceKotlin("1.1")
     @kotlin.internal.IntrinsicConstEvaluation
     public operator fun rem(other: Double): Double =
-        this - (wasm_f64_nearest(this / other) * other)
+        this - (wasm_f64_truncate(this / other) * other)
 
     /**
      * Returns this value incremented by one.