1 files changed, 3 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/libglusterfs/src/common-utils.c b/libglusterfs/src/common-utils.c
index bf1f03a9a4b..8c18b91a7b4 100644
--- a/libglusterfs/src/common-utils.c
+++ b/libglusterfs/src/common-utils.c
@@ -676,11 +676,10 @@ gf_string2time (const char *str, uint32_t *n)
         return 0;
 }
 
-
 int
-gf_string2percent (const char *str, uint32_t *n)
+gf_string2percent (const char *str, double *n)
 {
-        unsigned long value = 0;
+        double value = 0;
         char *tail = NULL;
         int old_errno = 0;
         const char *s = NULL;
@@ -701,7 +700,7 @@ gf_string2percent (const char *str, uint32_t *n)
 
         old_errno = errno;
         errno = 0;
-        value = strtol (str, &tail, 0);
+        value = strtod (str, &tail);
 
         if (errno == ERANGE || errno == EINVAL)
                 return -1;