diff --git a/database/mysql/mysql_db.py b/database/mysql/mysql_db.py
index 135dd7cb75d..acf38ee003f 100644
--- a/database/mysql/mysql_db.py
+++ b/database/mysql/mysql_db.py
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ def db_dump(module, host, user, password, db_name, target, port, socket=None):
     if socket is not None:
         cmd += " --socket=%s" % pipes.quote(socket)
     else:
-        cmd += " --host=%s --port=%s" % (pipes.quote(host), pipes.quote(port))
+        cmd += " --host=%s --port=%i" % (pipes.quote(host), port)
     cmd += " %s" % pipes.quote(db_name)
     if os.path.splitext(target)[-1] == '.gz':
         cmd = cmd + ' | gzip > ' + pipes.quote(target)
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ def db_import(module, host, user, password, db_name, target, port, socket=None):
     if socket is not None:
         cmd += " --socket=%s" % pipes.quote(socket)
     else:
-        cmd += " --host=%s --port=%s" % (pipes.quote(host), pipes.quote(port))
+        cmd += " --host=%s --port=%i" % (pipes.quote(host), port)
     cmd += " -D %s" % pipes.quote(db_name)
     if os.path.splitext(target)[-1] == '.gz':
         gzip_path = module.get_bin_path('gzip')
@@ -266,7 +266,7 @@ def main():
             login_user=dict(default=None),
             login_password=dict(default=None),
             login_host=dict(default="localhost"),
-            login_port=dict(default="3306"),
+            login_port=dict(default=3306, type='int'),
             login_unix_socket=dict(default=None),
             name=dict(required=True, aliases=['db']),
             encoding=dict(default=""),
@@ -285,6 +285,9 @@ def main():
     state = module.params["state"]
     target = module.params["target"]
     socket = module.params["login_unix_socket"]
+    login_port = module.params["login_port"]
+    if login_port < 0 or login_port > 65535:
+        module.fail_json(msg="login_port must be a valid unix port number (0-65535)")
 
     # make sure the target path is expanded for ~ and $HOME
     if target is not None:
@@ -322,10 +325,10 @@ def main():
             except OSError:
                 module.fail_json(msg="%s, does not exist, unable to connect" % socket)
             db_connection = MySQLdb.connect(host=module.params["login_host"], unix_socket=socket, user=login_user, passwd=login_password, db=connect_to_db)
-        elif module.params["login_port"] != "3306" and module.params["login_host"] == "localhost":
+        elif login_port != 3306 and module.params["login_host"] == "localhost":
             module.fail_json(msg="login_host is required when login_port is defined, login_host cannot be localhost when login_port is defined")
         else:
-            db_connection = MySQLdb.connect(host=module.params["login_host"], port=int(module.params["login_port"]), user=login_user, passwd=login_password, db=connect_to_db)
+            db_connection = MySQLdb.connect(host=module.params["login_host"], port=login_port, user=login_user, passwd=login_password, db=connect_to_db)
         cursor = db_connection.cursor()
     except Exception, e:
         if "Unknown database" in str(e):
@@ -344,7 +347,7 @@ def main():
         elif state == "dump":
             rc, stdout, stderr = db_dump(module, login_host, login_user, 
                                         login_password, db, target, 
-                                        port=module.params['login_port'],
+                                        port=login_port,
                                         socket=module.params['login_unix_socket'])
             if rc != 0:
                 module.fail_json(msg="%s" % stderr)
@@ -353,7 +356,7 @@ def main():
         elif state == "import":
             rc, stdout, stderr = db_import(module, login_host, login_user, 
                                         login_password, db, target, 
-                                        port=module.params['login_port'],
+                                        port=login_port,
                                         socket=module.params['login_unix_socket'])
             if rc != 0:
                 module.fail_json(msg="%s" % stderr)
diff --git a/database/mysql/mysql_user.py b/database/mysql/mysql_user.py
index 2ac75a67680..5901771f6ad 100644
--- a/database/mysql/mysql_user.py
+++ b/database/mysql/mysql_user.py
@@ -424,7 +424,7 @@ def connect(module, login_user, login_password):
     if module.params["login_unix_socket"]:
         db_connection = MySQLdb.connect(host=module.params["login_host"], unix_socket=module.params["login_unix_socket"], user=login_user, passwd=login_password, db="mysql")
     else:
-        db_connection = MySQLdb.connect(host=module.params["login_host"], port=int(module.params["login_port"]), user=login_user, passwd=login_password, db="mysql")
+        db_connection = MySQLdb.connect(host=module.params["login_host"], port=module.params["login_port"], user=login_user, passwd=login_password, db="mysql")
     return db_connection.cursor()
 
 # ===========================================
@@ -437,7 +437,7 @@ def main():
             login_user=dict(default=None),
             login_password=dict(default=None),
             login_host=dict(default="localhost"),
-            login_port=dict(default="3306"),
+            login_port=dict(default=3306, type='int'),
             login_unix_socket=dict(default=None),
             user=dict(required=True, aliases=['name']),
             password=dict(default=None),