diff --git a/aerospike_helpers/expressions/resources.py b/aerospike_helpers/expressions/resources.py
index 048ae4aca0..4682c5d44d 100644
--- a/aerospike_helpers/expressions/resources.py
+++ b/aerospike_helpers/expressions/resources.py
@@ -253,8 +253,8 @@ def __truediv__(self, right: "TypeAny"):
         return self._overload_op_va_args(right, _ExprOp.DIV)
 
     def __floordiv__(self, right: "TypeAny"):
-        div_expr = self.__truediv__(right)
-        return div_expr.__floor__()
+        # Directly chain the operations to avoid intermediate expression creation
+        return self._overload_op_va_args(right, _ExprOp.DIV)._overload_op_unary(_ExprOp.FLOOR)
 
     def __pow__(self, right: "TypeAny"):
         return self._overload_op(right, _ExprOp.POW)