diff --git a/templates/memcached_sysconfig.erb b/templates/memcached_sysconfig.erb
index f9f38f90a..06f953050 100644
--- a/templates/memcached_sysconfig.erb
+++ b/templates/memcached_sysconfig.erb
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ end
 if @item_size
   result << '-I ' + @item_size.to_s
 end
-result << '-t ' + @processorcount
+result << '-t ' + @processorcount.to_s
 if @logfile
   result << '>> ' + @logfile + ' 2>&1'
 end