diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index f9ee69a7..822a88be 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ procps-ng-3.3.14
 ----------------
   * pgrep: Don't segfault on non match                     Debian #894917
   * pgrep/pkill: Revert so matches all namespaces          issue #91
+  * free: Fix scaling on 32-bit systems                    issue #89
 
 procps-ng-3.3.13
 ----------------
diff --git a/free.c b/free.c
index 08cb73bd..70ecb127 100644
--- a/free.c
+++ b/free.c
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ static const char *scale_size(unsigned long size, int flags, struct commandline_
 		if (args.exponent > 1) {
 			/* In desired scale. */
 			snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), "%ld",
-                 (long int)((size * 1024) / power(base, args.exponent-1))
+                 (long int)((size * 1024.0) / power(base, args.exponent-1))
 			    );
 			return buf;
 		}