diff --git a/Tools/gdb/libpython.py b/Tools/gdb/libpython.py
index e40f79b5c3c7d3..93f997c21e7706 100755
--- a/Tools/gdb/libpython.py
+++ b/Tools/gdb/libpython.py
@@ -1392,7 +1392,7 @@ def write_repr(self, out, visited):
 
 
 def int_from_int(gdbval):
-    return int(str(gdbval))
+    return int(gdbval)
 
 
 def stringify(val):