diff --git a/src/sonic_ax_impl/mibs/vendor/cisco/ciscoSwitchQosMIB.py b/src/sonic_ax_impl/mibs/vendor/cisco/ciscoSwitchQosMIB.py
index 7e5988ad3..a3d50379f 100644
--- a/src/sonic_ax_impl/mibs/vendor/cisco/ciscoSwitchQosMIB.py
+++ b/src/sonic_ax_impl/mibs/vendor/cisco/ciscoSwitchQosMIB.py
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ def update_stats(self):
             # To simulate vendor OID, we wrap queues by max priority groups
             port_max_queues = self.statedb.get_all(self.statedb.STATE_DB,
                                                    mibs.buffer_max_parm_table(self.oid_name_map[if_index]))['max_queues']
-            pq_count = math.ceil((port_max_queues + 1) / 2)
+            pq_count = math.ceil(int(port_max_queues) / 2)
 
             for queue in if_queues:
                 # Get queue type and statistics
diff --git a/tests/mock_tables/global_db/state_db.json b/tests/mock_tables/global_db/state_db.json
index 0674d83ab..ed5387890 100644
--- a/tests/mock_tables/global_db/state_db.json
+++ b/tests/mock_tables/global_db/state_db.json
@@ -123,5 +123,23 @@
   "TEMPERATURE_INFO|thermal1": {
     "temperature": "20.5",
     "is_replaceable": "False"
+  },
+  "BUFFER_MAX_PARAM_TABLE|Ethernet0": {
+    "max_queues": "16"
+  },
+  "BUFFER_MAX_PARAM_TABLE|Ethernet4": {
+    "max_queues": "16"
+  },
+  "BUFFER_MAX_PARAM_TABLE|Ethernet8": {
+    "max_queues": "16"
+  },
+  "BUFFER_MAX_PARAM_TABLE|Ethernet12": {
+    "max_queues": "16"
+  },
+  "BUFFER_MAX_PARAM_TABLE|Ethernet-BP16": {
+    "max_queues": "16"
+  },
+  "BUFFER_MAX_PARAM_TABLE|Ethernet-BP20": {
+    "max_queues": "16"
   }
 }
diff --git a/tests/mock_tables/state_db.json b/tests/mock_tables/state_db.json
index 49519a64c..1235c9815 100644
--- a/tests/mock_tables/state_db.json
+++ b/tests/mock_tables/state_db.json
@@ -198,5 +198,11 @@
     },
   "BUFFER_MAX_PARAM_TABLE|Ethernet0": {
     "max_queues": "16"
+    },
+  "BUFFER_MAX_PARAM_TABLE|Ethernet4": {
+    "max_queues": "16"
+    },
+  "BUFFER_MAX_PARAM_TABLE|Ethernet8": {
+    "max_queues": "16"
   }
 }