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 8026d93f27a..77b10ec0684 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
@@ -520,7 +520,7 @@ public class DeployVMCmd extends BaseAsyncCreateCustomIdCmd {
 
         try {
             if (maxIops != null) {
-                lMaxIops = Long.valueOf(maxIops);
+                lMaxIops = Long.parseLong(maxIops);
             }
             else {
                 lMaxIops = 0;