diff --git a/elliptic-curve/src/scalar/nonzero.rs b/elliptic-curve/src/scalar/nonzero.rs
index 318bab624..a5a4ac2d7 100644
--- a/elliptic-curve/src/scalar/nonzero.rs
+++ b/elliptic-curve/src/scalar/nonzero.rs
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ where
     C: CurveArithmetic,
 {
     fn from(scalar: &NonZeroScalar<C>) -> ScalarValue<C> {
-        ScalarValue::from_bytes(&scalar.to_repr()).unwrap()
+        scalar.scalar.into()
     }
 }