diff --git a/basic/source/sbx/sbxdec.cxx b/basic/source/sbx/sbxdec.cxx
index 8a2df8dcf83e..690b84b5ca30 100644
--- a/basic/source/sbx/sbxdec.cxx
+++ b/basic/source/sbx/sbxdec.cxx
@@ -324,7 +324,7 @@ SbxDecimal::CmpResult compare( const SbxDecimal &rLeft, const SbxDecimal &rRight
 {
     (void)rLeft;
     (void)rRight;
-    return (SbxDecimal::CmpResult)0;
+    return SbxDecimal::CmpResult::LT;
 }
 
 void SbxDecimal::setChar( sal_Unicode val )     { (void)val; }
diff --git a/basic/source/sbx/sbxdec.hxx b/basic/source/sbx/sbxdec.hxx
index 2bc201be634c..4d80b253f0ed 100644
--- a/basic/source/sbx/sbxdec.hxx
+++ b/basic/source/sbx/sbxdec.hxx
@@ -95,7 +95,8 @@ public:
 
     bool isZero();
 
-    enum CmpResult { LT, EQ, GT };
+    // must match the return values of the Microsoft VarDecCmp Automation function
+    enum class CmpResult { LT, EQ, GT };
     friend CmpResult compare( const SbxDecimal &rLeft, const SbxDecimal &rRight );
 };
 
diff --git a/basic/source/sbx/sbxvalue.cxx b/basic/source/sbx/sbxvalue.cxx
index 41713209e622..f4bc90578e96 100644
--- a/basic/source/sbx/sbxvalue.cxx
+++ b/basic/source/sbx/sbxvalue.cxx
@@ -1293,17 +1293,17 @@ bool SbxValue::Compare( SbxOperator eOp, const SbxValue& rOp ) const
                 switch( eOp )
                 {
                     case SbxEQ:
-                        bRes = ( eRes == SbxDecimal::EQ ); break;
+                        bRes = ( eRes == SbxDecimal::CmpResult::EQ ); break;
                     case SbxNE:
-                        bRes = ( eRes != SbxDecimal::EQ ); break;
+                        bRes = ( eRes != SbxDecimal::CmpResult::EQ ); break;
                     case SbxLT:
-                        bRes = ( eRes == SbxDecimal::LT ); break;
+                        bRes = ( eRes == SbxDecimal::CmpResult::LT ); break;
                     case SbxGT:
-                        bRes = ( eRes == SbxDecimal::GT ); break;
+                        bRes = ( eRes == SbxDecimal::CmpResult::GT ); break;
                     case SbxLE:
-                        bRes = ( eRes != SbxDecimal::GT ); break;
+                        bRes = ( eRes != SbxDecimal::CmpResult::GT ); break;
                     case SbxGE:
-                        bRes = ( eRes != SbxDecimal::LT ); break;
+                        bRes = ( eRes != SbxDecimal::CmpResult::LT ); break;
                     default:
                         SetError( ERRCODE_SBX_NOTIMP );
                 }