diff --git a/src/rpc/parse.cc b/src/rpc/parse.cc
index 83ab5932..7a41f9ea 100644
--- a/src/rpc/parse.cc
+++ b/src/rpc/parse.cc
@@ -134,6 +134,9 @@ parse_value_nothrow(const char* src, int64_t* value, int base, int unit) {
       return first;
   }
 
+  if (base == 10 && src[0] == '0' && (src[1] >= '0' && src[1] <= '9'))
+    return first;
+
   char* last{};
 
   errno  = 0;