diff --git a/src/DIRAC/WorkloadManagementSystem/Service/JobStateUpdateHandler.py b/src/DIRAC/WorkloadManagementSystem/Service/JobStateUpdateHandler.py
index 5c621b50338..156389a985a 100755
--- a/src/DIRAC/WorkloadManagementSystem/Service/JobStateUpdateHandler.py
+++ b/src/DIRAC/WorkloadManagementSystem/Service/JobStateUpdateHandler.py
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ def export_updateJobFromStager(cls, jobID, status):
         infoStr = None
         trials = 10
         for i in range(trials):
-            result = cls.jobDB.getJobAttributes(jobID, ["Status"])
+            result = cls.jobDB.getJobAttributes(int(jobID), ["Status"])
             if not result["OK"]:
                 return result
             if not result["Value"]: