diff --git a/rabbitmq/templates/bin/_rabbitmq-readiness.sh.tpl b/rabbitmq/templates/bin/_rabbitmq-readiness.sh.tpl
index ab0e32ab11..c5134aff84 100644
--- a/rabbitmq/templates/bin/_rabbitmq-readiness.sh.tpl
+++ b/rabbitmq/templates/bin/_rabbitmq-readiness.sh.tpl
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ main() {
         return 1
     fi
 
-    {{ if gt ".Values.replicas" "1" -}}
+    {{ if gt (.Values.replicas | int) 1 -}}
     if ! is-node-properly-clustered; then
         log-it "Node is inconsistent with the rest of the cluster"
         return 1