diff --git a/lib/gri/plugin/suppress_veth.rb b/lib/gri/plugin/suppress_veth.rb
index 158ae19..07a72ea 100644
--- a/lib/gri/plugin/suppress_veth.rb
+++ b/lib/gri/plugin/suppress_veth.rb
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@
   :exclude? => proc {|record|
   record['ifOperStatus'].to_i != 1 or
     record['ifSpeed'].to_i == 0 or
-    (Integer(record['ifInOctets']) == 0 and
-     Integer(record['ifOutOctets']) == 0) or
+    (record['ifInOctets'].to_i == 0 and
+     record['ifOutOctets'].to_i == 0) or
     /(^(|Loopback|Null|Async|lo)\d+)|(^veth\w)|cef layer|atm subif/ ===
     record['ifDescr']
 },