diff --git a/builtin/providers/cloudstack/provider.go b/builtin/providers/cloudstack/provider.go
index f00f11cb7..fa9bc3e26 100644
--- a/builtin/providers/cloudstack/provider.go
+++ b/builtin/providers/cloudstack/provider.go
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ func providerConfigure(d *schema.ResourceData) (interface{}, error) {
 		ApiURL:    d.Get("api_url").(string),
 		ApiKey:    d.Get("api_key").(string),
 		SecretKey: d.Get("secret_key").(string),
-		Timeout:   d.Get("timeout").(int64),
+		Timeout:   int64(d.Get("timeout").(int)),
 	}
 
 	return config.NewClient()