diff --git a/api/src/org/apache/cloudstack/api/command/user/vm/DeployVMCmd.java b/api/src/org/apache/cloudstack/api/command/user/vm/DeployVMCmd.java
index f17c1c1fb38..8026d93f27a 100644
--- a/api/src/org/apache/cloudstack/api/command/user/vm/DeployVMCmd.java
+++ b/api/src/org/apache/cloudstack/api/command/user/vm/DeployVMCmd.java
@@ -506,7 +506,7 @@ public class DeployVMCmd extends BaseAsyncCreateCustomIdCmd {
 
         try {
             if (minIops != null) {
-                lMinIops = Long.valueOf(minIops);
+                lMinIops = Long.parseLong(minIops);
             }
             else {
                 lMinIops = 0;