diff --git a/plugins/hypervisors/ucs/src/com/cloud/ucs/manager/UcsManagerImpl.java b/plugins/hypervisors/ucs/src/com/cloud/ucs/manager/UcsManagerImpl.java
index 797cea60bab..6272ee2bac2 100644
--- a/plugins/hypervisors/ucs/src/com/cloud/ucs/manager/UcsManagerImpl.java
+++ b/plugins/hypervisors/ucs/src/com/cloud/ucs/manager/UcsManagerImpl.java
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ public class UcsManagerImpl implements UcsManager {
     @Override
     public boolean start() {
         try {
-            syncBladeInterval = Integer.valueOf(configDao.getValue(Config.UCSSyncBladeInterval.key()));
+            syncBladeInterval = Integer.parseInt(configDao.getValue(Config.UCSSyncBladeInterval.key()));
         } catch (NumberFormatException e) {
             syncBladeInterval = 600;
         }