2 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/bitbake/bin/bitbake-server b/bitbake/bin/bitbake-server
index ffbc7894ef..65796be747 100755
--- a/bitbake/bin/bitbake-server
+++ b/bitbake/bin/bitbake-server
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ readypipeinfd = int(sys.argv[3])
 logfile = sys.argv[4]
 lockname = sys.argv[5]
 sockname = sys.argv[6]
-timeout = sys.argv[7]
+timeout = float(sys.argv[7])
 xmlrpcinterface = (sys.argv[8], int(sys.argv[9]))
 if xmlrpcinterface[0] == "None":
     xmlrpcinterface = (None, xmlrpcinterface[1])
diff --git a/bitbake/lib/bb/server/process.py b/bitbake/lib/bb/server/process.py
index b27b4aefe0..3e99bcef8f 100644
--- a/bitbake/lib/bb/server/process.py
+++ b/bitbake/lib/bb/server/process.py
@@ -509,7 +509,7 @@ class BitBakeServer(object):
         os.set_inheritable(self.bitbake_lock.fileno(), True)
         os.set_inheritable(self.readypipein, True)
         serverscript = os.path.realpath(os.path.dirname(__file__) + "/../../../bin/bitbake-server")
-        os.execl(sys.executable, "bitbake-server", serverscript, "decafbad", str(self.bitbake_lock.fileno()), str(self.readypipein), self.logfile, self.bitbake_lock.name, self.sockname,  str(self.server_timeout), str(self.xmlrpcinterface[0]), str(self.xmlrpcinterface[1]))
+        os.execl(sys.executable, "bitbake-server", serverscript, "decafbad", str(self.bitbake_lock.fileno()), str(self.readypipein), self.logfile, self.bitbake_lock.name, self.sockname,  str(self.server_timeout or 0), str(self.xmlrpcinterface[0]), str(self.xmlrpcinterface[1]))
 
 def execServer(lockfd, readypipeinfd, lockname, sockname, server_timeout, xmlrpcinterface):