diff --git a/CRM/Core/I18n.php b/CRM/Core/I18n.php
index fe4e46110c25..1da5d2800551 100644
--- a/CRM/Core/I18n.php
+++ b/CRM/Core/I18n.php
@@ -448,7 +448,7 @@ protected function crm_translate_raw($text, $domain, $count, $plural, $context)
       if (isset($count) && isset($plural)) {
 
         if ($this->_phpgettext) {
-          $text = $this->_phpgettext->ngettext($text, $plural, $count);
+          $text = $this->_phpgettext->ngettext($text, $plural, (int) $count);
         }
         else {
           // if the locale's not set, we do ngettext work by hand