diff --git a/src/Monolog/Handler/SocketHandler.php b/src/Monolog/Handler/SocketHandler.php
index 520bedd5..06a20196 100644
--- a/src/Monolog/Handler/SocketHandler.php
+++ b/src/Monolog/Handler/SocketHandler.php
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ class SocketHandler extends AbstractProcessingHandler
         $seconds = floor($this->timeout);
         $microseconds = round(($this->timeout - $seconds) * 1e6);
 
-        return stream_set_timeout($this->resource, $seconds, $microseconds);
+        return stream_set_timeout($this->resource, (int) $seconds, (int) $microseconds);
     }
 
     /**