diff --git a/plugins/other/snmp_memory b/plugins/other/snmp_memory
index 81354840..8f5f4ffa 100755
--- a/plugins/other/snmp_memory
+++ b/plugins/other/snmp_memory
@@ -108,8 +108,8 @@ my $memtotal = 0;
 while (my ($pid, $mem) = each(%$processes)) {
     $memtotal += $mem;
 }
-
-printf "memory.value %d\n", ($memtotal * 1024);
+$memtotal*=1024;
+printf "memory.value $memtotal\n";
 
 sub get_single
 {