diff --git a/requests/cookies.py b/requests/cookies.py
index 1fbc934c..8ca64260 100644
--- a/requests/cookies.py
+++ b/requests/cookies.py
@@ -415,7 +415,7 @@ def morsel_to_cookie(morsel):
 
     expires = None
     if morsel['max-age']:
-        expires = time.time() + morsel['max-age']
+        expires = time.time() + float(morsel['max-age'])
     elif morsel['expires']:
         time_template = '%a, %d-%b-%Y %H:%M:%S GMT'
         expires = time.mktime(