diff --git a/src/Intervention/Image/Imagick/Commands/PixelateCommand.php b/src/Intervention/Image/Imagick/Commands/PixelateCommand.php
index 6fe794913..66a3205da 100644
--- a/src/Intervention/Image/Imagick/Commands/PixelateCommand.php
+++ b/src/Intervention/Image/Imagick/Commands/PixelateCommand.php
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ public function execute($image)
         $width = $image->getWidth();
         $height = $image->getHeight();
 
-        $image->getCore()->scaleImage(max(1, ($width / $size)), max(1, ($height / $size)));
+        $image->getCore()->scaleImage(max(1, intval($width / $size)), max(1, intval($height / $size)));
         $image->getCore()->scaleImage($width, $height);
 
         return true;