diff --git a/health/check_peers.go b/health/check_peers.go
index a2ddc840c1..b07cebd429 100644
--- a/health/check_peers.go
+++ b/health/check_peers.go
@@ -11,12 +11,12 @@ var (
 )
 
 // checkMinPeers returns 'errNotEnoughPeers' if the current peer count its lower than 'minPeerCount'
-func checkMinPeers(ec ethClient, minPeerCount uint) error {
+func checkMinPeers(ec ethClient, minPeerCount uint64) error {
 	peerCount, err := ec.PeerCount(context.TODO())
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	if uint64(peerCount) < uint64(minPeerCount) {
+	if peerCount < minPeerCount {
 		return fmt.Errorf("%w: %d (minimum %d)", errNotEnoughPeers, peerCount, minPeerCount)
 	}
 	return nil
diff --git a/health/health.go b/health/health.go
index 794d243e04..aff8f34540 100644
--- a/health/health.go
+++ b/health/health.go
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ func processFromHeaders(ec ethClient, headers []string, w http.ResponseWriter, r
 				errCheckPeer = err
 				break
 			}
-			errCheckPeer = checkMinPeers(ec, uint(peers))
+			errCheckPeer = checkMinPeers(ec, uint64(peers))
 		case strings.HasPrefix(lHeader, checkBlock):
 			block, err := strconv.Atoi(strings.TrimPrefix(lHeader, checkBlock))
 			if err != nil {
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ func processFromBody(ec ethClient, w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 		}
 
 		if body.MinPeerCount != nil {
-			errCheckPeer = checkMinPeers(ec, *body.MinPeerCount)
+			errCheckPeer = checkMinPeers(ec, uint64(*body.MinPeerCount))
 		}
 
 		if body.CheckBlock != nil {