diff --git a/pkg/util/validation/limits.go b/pkg/util/validation/limits.go
index 38f31e8da0..54ccd7fb1c 100644
--- a/pkg/util/validation/limits.go
+++ b/pkg/util/validation/limits.go
@@ -188,8 +188,8 @@ type Limits struct {
 	RulerExternalLabels         labels.Labels  `yaml:"ruler_external_labels" json:"ruler_external_labels" doc:"nocli|description=external labels for alerting rules"`
 
 	// Store-gateway.
-	StoreGatewayTenantShardSize  float64 `yaml:"store_gateway_tenant_shard_size" json:"store_gateway_tenant_shard_size"`
-	MaxDownloadedBytesPerRequest int     `yaml:"max_downloaded_bytes_per_request" json:"max_downloaded_bytes_per_request"`
+	StoreGatewayTenantShardSize  int `yaml:"store_gateway_tenant_shard_size" json:"store_gateway_tenant_shard_size"`
+	MaxDownloadedBytesPerRequest int `yaml:"max_downloaded_bytes_per_request" json:"max_downloaded_bytes_per_request"`
 
 	// Compactor.
 	CompactorBlocksRetentionPeriod model.Duration `yaml:"compactor_blocks_retention_period" json:"compactor_blocks_retention_period"`
@@ -284,7 +284,7 @@ func (l *Limits) RegisterFlags(f *flag.FlagSet) {
 	f.IntVar(&l.CompactorTenantShardSize, "compactor.tenant-shard-size", 0, "The default tenant's shard size when the shuffle-sharding strategy is used by the compactor. When this setting is specified in the per-tenant overrides, a value of 0 disables shuffle sharding for the tenant.")
 
 	// Store-gateway.
-	f.Float64Var(&l.StoreGatewayTenantShardSize, "store-gateway.tenant-shard-size", 0, "The default tenant's shard size when the shuffle-sharding strategy is used. Must be set when the store-gateway sharding is enabled with the shuffle-sharding strategy. When this setting is specified in the per-tenant overrides, a value of 0 disables shuffle sharding for the tenant. If the value is < 1 the shard size will be a percentage of the total store-gateways.")
+	f.IntVar(&l.StoreGatewayTenantShardSize, "store-gateway.tenant-shard-size", 0, "The default tenant's shard size when the shuffle-sharding strategy is used. Must be set when the store-gateway sharding is enabled with the shuffle-sharding strategy. When this setting is specified in the per-tenant overrides, a value of 0 disables shuffle sharding for the tenant. If the value is < 1 the shard size will be a percentage of the total store-gateways.")
 	f.IntVar(&l.MaxDownloadedBytesPerRequest, "store-gateway.max-downloaded-bytes-per-request", 0, "The maximum number of data bytes to download per gRPC request in Store Gateway, including Series/LabelNames/LabelValues requests. 0 to disable.")
 
 	// Alertmanager.
@@ -831,7 +831,7 @@ func (o *Overrides) RulerQueryOffset(userID string) time.Duration {
 }
 
 // StoreGatewayTenantShardSize returns the store-gateway shard size for a given user.
-func (o *Overrides) StoreGatewayTenantShardSize(userID string) float64 {
+func (o *Overrides) StoreGatewayTenantShardSize(userID string) int {
 	return o.GetOverridesForUser(userID).StoreGatewayTenantShardSize
 }