diff --git a/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-common b/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-common
index a706831fa..b76ad05ff 100755
--- a/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-common
+++ b/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-common
@@ -333,7 +333,7 @@ valid_ip4() {
 valid_int() {
 	local num=$1
 	local min=${2:-1}
-	local max=${3:-1000}
+	local max=${3:-1000000000}
 
 	[[ $num =~ ^[0-9]*$ ]] && [[ $num -ge $min ]] && [[ $num -le $max ]] && return 0 || return 1
 }