diff --git a/plugins/inputs/eventhub_consumer/eventhub_consumer.go b/plugins/inputs/eventhub_consumer/eventhub_consumer.go
index 72cc4c25f..17092de32 100644
--- a/plugins/inputs/eventhub_consumer/eventhub_consumer.go
+++ b/plugins/inputs/eventhub_consumer/eventhub_consumer.go
@@ -376,7 +376,7 @@ func (e *EventHub) createMetrics(event *eventhub.Event) ([]telegraf.Metric, erro
 		}
 
 		if event.SystemProperties.PartitionID != nil && e.PartitionIDTag != "" {
-			metrics[i].AddTag(e.PartitionIDTag, string(*event.SystemProperties.PartitionID))
+			metrics[i].AddTag(e.PartitionIDTag, fmt.Sprintf("%d", *event.SystemProperties.PartitionID))
 		}
 		if event.SystemProperties.PartitionKey != nil && e.PartitionKeyTag != "" {
 			metrics[i].AddTag(e.PartitionKeyTag, *event.SystemProperties.PartitionKey)