diff --git a/src/generic/GenericTypes.jl b/src/generic/GenericTypes.jl
index a426bf0943..ee78c972dd 100644
--- a/src/generic/GenericTypes.jl
+++ b/src/generic/GenericTypes.jl
@@ -1088,6 +1088,11 @@ mutable struct FunctionFieldElem{T <: FieldElement} <: AbstractAlgebra.FieldElem
    parent::FunctionField{T}
 
    function FunctionFieldElem{T}(R::FunctionField{T}, num::Poly{S}, den::S) where {T <: FieldElement, S <: PolyRingElem{T}}
+      if !iszero(num) #normalize the denominator
+         c = inv(content(den))
+         num *= c
+         den *= c
+      end
       return new{T}(num, den, R)
    end
 end