diff --git a/app/models/concerns/relative_positioning.rb b/app/models/concerns/relative_positioning.rb
index 1d77bdecddb2f8713ce3f942eaae22c52771d724..562704a02e2cb0474365f78bd73db6c3ebd28441 100644
--- a/app/models/concerns/relative_positioning.rb
+++ b/app/models/concerns/relative_positioning.rb
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 module RelativePositioning
   extend ActiveSupport::Concern
 
-  MIN_POSITION = Float::MIN
-  MAX_POSITION = Float::MAX
+  MIN_POSITION = 0
+  MAX_POSITION = Gitlab::Database::MAX_INT_VALUE
 
   included do
     after_save :save_positionable_neighbours
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ module RelativePositioning
   def position_between(pos_before, pos_after)
     pos_before, pos_after = [pos_before, pos_after].sort
 
-    rand(pos_before.next_float..pos_after.prev_float)
+    rand(pos_before.next..pos_after.pred)
   end
 
   def save_positionable_neighbours
diff --git a/db/migrate/20170131221752_add_relative_position_to_issues.rb b/db/migrate/20170131221752_add_relative_position_to_issues.rb
index 41e17cf13badaad506f389f452ef3517bd5e5ec4..4f0cd80330822b545bf4cabf238cf095791cacea 100644
--- a/db/migrate/20170131221752_add_relative_position_to_issues.rb
+++ b/db/migrate/20170131221752_add_relative_position_to_issues.rb
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ class AddRelativePositionToIssues < ActiveRecord::Migration
   # disable_ddl_transaction!
 
   def change
-    add_column :issues, :relative_position, :float
+    add_column :issues, :relative_position, :integer
 
     add_index :issues, :relative_position
   end
diff --git a/db/schema.rb b/db/schema.rb
index 9e814ebdbd238b73eccaec0559bcce6ac7f5e812..c2723cf893f9a1610a1b160fc4c589d3b4b77a25 100644
--- a/db/schema.rb
+++ b/db/schema.rb
@@ -515,7 +515,7 @@ ActiveRecord::Schema.define(version: 20170216141440) do
     t.text "title_html"
     t.text "description_html"
     t.integer "time_estimate"
-    t.float "relative_position"
+    t.integer "relative_position"
   end
 
   add_index "issues", ["assignee_id"], name: "index_issues_on_assignee_id", using: :btree