diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Yaml/Parser.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Yaml/Parser.php
index 51a0fa9127..9cfd1d45cb 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Yaml/Parser.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Yaml/Parser.php
@@ -725,7 +725,7 @@ class Parser
         if (self::preg_match('/^(?:'.self::TAG_PATTERN.' +)?'.self::BLOCK_SCALAR_HEADER_PATTERN.'$/', $value, $matches)) {
             $modifiers = isset($matches['modifiers']) ? $matches['modifiers'] : '';
 
-            $data = $this->parseBlockScalar($matches['separator'], preg_replace('#\d+#', '', $modifiers), (int) abs((int) $modifiers));
+            $data = $this->parseBlockScalar($matches['separator'], preg_replace('#\d+#', '', $modifiers), abs((int) $modifiers));
 
             if ('' !== $matches['tag']) {
                 if ('!!binary' === $matches['tag']) {