diff --git a/apps/emqx_management/src/emqx_mgmt_util.erl b/apps/emqx_management/src/emqx_mgmt_util.erl
index f553be22d..07e0c00fb 100644
--- a/apps/emqx_management/src/emqx_mgmt_util.erl
+++ b/apps/emqx_management/src/emqx_mgmt_util.erl
@@ -78,7 +78,8 @@ kmg(Byte) when Byte > ?MB ->
 kmg(Byte) when Byte > ?KB ->
     kmg(Byte / ?KB, "K");
 kmg(Byte) ->
-    Byte.
+    integer_to_binary(Byte).
+
 kmg(F, S) ->
     iolist_to_binary(io_lib:format("~.2f~ts", [F, S])).