diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/apache/struts2/views/jsp/iterator/SubsetIteratorTag.java b/core/src/main/java/org/apache/struts2/views/jsp/iterator/SubsetIteratorTag.java
index 61f394257..6a6b2ac95 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/apache/struts2/views/jsp/iterator/SubsetIteratorTag.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/apache/struts2/views/jsp/iterator/SubsetIteratorTag.java
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ public class SubsetIteratorTag extends StrutsBodyTagSupport {
                 count = ((Long)countObj).intValue();
             }
             else if (countObj instanceof Double) {
-                count = ((Long)countObj).intValue();
+                count = ((Double)countObj).intValue();
             }
             else if (countObj instanceof String) {
                 try {
@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ public class SubsetIteratorTag extends StrutsBodyTagSupport {
                 start = ((Long)startObj).intValue();
             }
             else if (startObj instanceof Double) {
-                start = ((Long)startObj).intValue();
+                start = ((Double)startObj).intValue();
             }
             else if (startObj instanceof String) {
                 try {
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/apache/struts2/views/jsp/SubsetIteratorTagTest.java b/core/src/test/java/org/apache/struts2/views/jsp/SubsetIteratorTagTest.java
index 4d0b093e0..efc46728e 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/apache/struts2/views/jsp/SubsetIteratorTagTest.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/apache/struts2/views/jsp/SubsetIteratorTagTest.java
@@ -243,6 +243,21 @@ public class SubsetIteratorTagTest extends AbstractTagTest {
     }
 
 
+        public void testWithDoubleCount() throws Exception {
+            SubsetIteratorTag tag = new SubsetIteratorTag();
+            tag.setPageContext(pageContext);
+            tag.setCount("3.0");
+            tag.doStartTag();
+            tag.doEndTag();
+        }
+
+        public void testWithDoubleStart() throws Exception {
+            SubsetIteratorTag tag = new SubsetIteratorTag();
+            tag.setPageContext(pageContext);
+            tag.setStart("2.0");
+            tag.doStartTag();
+            tag.doEndTag();
+        }
 
     public Action getAction() {
         return new ActionSupport() {