diff --git a/packages/kbn-unified-data-table/src/components/data_table_additional_display_settings.test.tsx b/packages/kbn-unified-data-table/src/components/data_table_additional_display_settings.test.tsx
index ccb53ff49b15b..5afe08db07476 100644
--- a/packages/kbn-unified-data-table/src/components/data_table_additional_display_settings.test.tsx
+++ b/packages/kbn-unified-data-table/src/components/data_table_additional_display_settings.test.tsx
@@ -140,6 +140,42 @@ describe('UnifiedDataTableAdditionalDisplaySettings', function () {
 
       expect(onChangeSampleSizeMock).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
     });
+
+    it('should only render integers when a decimal value is provided', async () => {
+      const invalidDecimalValue = 6.11;
+      const validIntegerValue = 6;
+
+      const onChangeSampleSizeMock = jest.fn();
+
+      const component = mountWithIntl(
+        <UnifiedDataTableAdditionalDisplaySettings
+          maxAllowedSampleSize={500}
+          sampleSize={50}
+          onChangeSampleSize={onChangeSampleSizeMock}
+          rowHeight={RowHeightMode.custom}
+          rowHeightLines={10}
+          headerRowHeight={RowHeightMode.custom}
+          headerRowHeightLines={5}
+        />
+      );
+      const input = findTestSubject(component, 'unifiedDataTableSampleSizeInput').last();
+      expect(input.prop('value')).toBe(50);
+
+      await act(async () => {
+        input.simulate('change', {
+          target: {
+            value: invalidDecimalValue,
+          },
+        });
+      });
+
+      await new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, 0));
+      component.update();
+
+      expect(
+        findTestSubject(component, 'unifiedDataTableSampleSizeInput').last().prop('value')
+      ).toBe(validIntegerValue);
+    });
   });
 
   describe('rowHeight', () => {
diff --git a/packages/kbn-unified-data-table/src/components/data_table_additional_display_settings.tsx b/packages/kbn-unified-data-table/src/components/data_table_additional_display_settings.tsx
index f57127d185a94..cbead22b39997 100644
--- a/packages/kbn-unified-data-table/src/components/data_table_additional_display_settings.tsx
+++ b/packages/kbn-unified-data-table/src/components/data_table_additional_display_settings.tsx
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ export const UnifiedDataTableAdditionalDisplaySettings: React.FC<
         return;
       }
 
-      const newSampleSize = Number(event.target.value);
+      const newSampleSize = parseInt(event.target.value, 10) ?? RANGE_MIN_SAMPLE_SIZE;
 
       if (newSampleSize >= MIN_ALLOWED_SAMPLE_SIZE) {
         setActiveSampleSize(newSampleSize);