diff --git a/lib/gitlab/git/repository.rb b/lib/gitlab/git/repository.rb
index 96fd610077c86f25374d16af72fdaca41137e8a4..ddead51d443f1aa698e923016ffedde282e02ab4 100644
--- a/lib/gitlab/git/repository.rb
+++ b/lib/gitlab/git/repository.rb
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ module Gitlab
         if path.present?
           repo.log(ref, path, max_count: limit, skip: offset, follow: true)
         elsif limit && offset
-          repo.commits(ref, limit, offset)
+          repo.commits(ref, limit.to_i, offset.to_i)
         else
           repo.commits(ref)
         end.map{ |c| decorate_commit(c) }