diff --git a/src/script/descriptor.cpp b/src/script/descriptor.cpp
index efef70ea2da..0ba31829ea5 100644
--- a/src/script/descriptor.cpp
+++ b/src/script/descriptor.cpp
@@ -1821,7 +1821,9 @@ std::vector<std::unique_ptr<DescriptorImpl>> ParseScript(uint32_t& key_exp_index
         auto threshold = Expr(expr);
         uint32_t thres;
         std::vector<std::vector<std::unique_ptr<PubkeyProvider>>> providers; // List of multipath expanded pubkeys
-        if (!ParseUInt32(std::string(threshold.begin(), threshold.end()), &thres)) {
+        if (const auto maybe_thres{ToIntegral<uint32_t>(std::string_view{threshold.begin(), threshold.end()})}) {
+            thres = *maybe_thres;
+        } else {
             error = strprintf("Multi threshold '%s' is not valid", std::string(threshold.begin(), threshold.end()));
             return {};
         }
diff --git a/src/test/descriptor_tests.cpp b/src/test/descriptor_tests.cpp
index 08e0b719214..f9139c503ae 100644
--- a/src/test/descriptor_tests.cpp
+++ b/src/test/descriptor_tests.cpp
@@ -924,6 +924,7 @@ BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(descriptor_test)
     CheckUnparsable("wsh(multi(2,[aaaaaaa]xprv9s21ZrQH143K31xYSDQpPDxsXRTUcvj2iNHm5NUtrGiGG5e2DtALGdso3pGz6ssrdK4PFmM8NSpSBHNqPqm55Qn3LqFtT2emdEXVYsCzC2U/2147483647'/0,xprv9vHkqa6EV4sPZHYqZznhT2NPtPCjKuDKGY38FBWLvgaDx45zo9WQRUT3dKYnjwih2yJD9mkrocEZXo1ex8G81dwSM1fwqWpWkeS3v86pgKt/1/2/*,xprv9s21ZrQH143K3QTDL4LXw2F7HEK3wJUD2nW2nRk4stbPy6cq3jPPqjiChkVvvNKmPGJxWUtg6LnF5kejMRNNU3TGtRBeJgk33yuGBxrMPHi/10/20/30/40/*'))", "wsh(multi(2,[aaaaaaa]xpub661MyMwAqRbcFW31YEwpkMuc5THy2PSt5bDMsktWQcFF8syAmRUapSCGu8ED9W6oDMSgv6Zz8idoc4a6mr8BDzTJY47LJhkJ8UB7WEGuduB/2147483647h/0,xpub69H7F5d8KSRgmmdJg2KhpAK8SR3DjMwAdkxj3ZuxV27CprR9LgpeyGmXUbC6wb7ERfvrnKZjXoUmmDznezpbZb7ap6r1D3tgFxHmwMkQTPH/1/2/*,xpub661MyMwAqRbcFtXgS5sYJABqqG9YLmC4Q1Rdap9gSE8NqtwybGhePY2gZ29ESFjqJoCu1Rupje8YtGqsefD265TMg7usUDFdp6W1EGMcet8/10/20/30/40/*h))", "Multi: Fingerprint is not 4 bytes (7 characters instead of 8 characters)"); // Too short fingerprint
     CheckUnparsable("wsh(multi(2,[aaaaaaaaa]xprv9s21ZrQH143K31xYSDQpPDxsXRTUcvj2iNHm5NUtrGiGG5e2DtALGdso3pGz6ssrdK4PFmM8NSpSBHNqPqm55Qn3LqFtT2emdEXVYsCzC2U/2147483647'/0,xprv9vHkqa6EV4sPZHYqZznhT2NPtPCjKuDKGY38FBWLvgaDx45zo9WQRUT3dKYnjwih2yJD9mkrocEZXo1ex8G81dwSM1fwqWpWkeS3v86pgKt/1/2/*,xprv9s21ZrQH143K3QTDL4LXw2F7HEK3wJUD2nW2nRk4stbPy6cq3jPPqjiChkVvvNKmPGJxWUtg6LnF5kejMRNNU3TGtRBeJgk33yuGBxrMPHi/10/20/30/40/*'))", "wsh(multi(2,[aaaaaaaaa]xpub661MyMwAqRbcFW31YEwpkMuc5THy2PSt5bDMsktWQcFF8syAmRUapSCGu8ED9W6oDMSgv6Zz8idoc4a6mr8BDzTJY47LJhkJ8UB7WEGuduB/2147483647h/0,xpub69H7F5d8KSRgmmdJg2KhpAK8SR3DjMwAdkxj3ZuxV27CprR9LgpeyGmXUbC6wb7ERfvrnKZjXoUmmDznezpbZb7ap6r1D3tgFxHmwMkQTPH/1/2/*,xpub661MyMwAqRbcFtXgS5sYJABqqG9YLmC4Q1Rdap9gSE8NqtwybGhePY2gZ29ESFjqJoCu1Rupje8YtGqsefD265TMg7usUDFdp6W1EGMcet8/10/20/30/40/*h))", "Multi: Fingerprint is not 4 bytes (9 characters instead of 8 characters)"); // Too long fingerprint
     CheckUnparsable("multi(a,L4rK1yDtCWekvXuE6oXD9jCYfFNV2cWRpVuPLBcCU2z8TrisoyY1,5KYZdUEo39z3FPrtuX2QbbwGnNP5zTd7yyr2SC1j299sBCnWjss)", "multi(a,03a34b99f22c790c4e36b2b3c2c35a36db06226e41c692fc82b8b56ac1c540c5bd,04a34b99f22c790c4e36b2b3c2c35a36db06226e41c692fc82b8b56ac1c540c5bd5b8dec5235a0fa8722476c7709c02559e3aa73aa03918ba2d492eea75abea235)", "Multi threshold 'a' is not valid"); // Invalid threshold
+    CheckUnparsable("multi(+1,L4rK1yDtCWekvXuE6oXD9jCYfFNV2cWRpVuPLBcCU2z8TrisoyY1,5KYZdUEo39z3FPrtuX2QbbwGnNP5zTd7yyr2SC1j299sBCnWjss)", "multi(+1,03a34b99f22c790c4e36b2b3c2c35a36db06226e41c692fc82b8b56ac1c540c5bd,04a34b99f22c790c4e36b2b3c2c35a36db06226e41c692fc82b8b56ac1c540c5bd5b8dec5235a0fa8722476c7709c02559e3aa73aa03918ba2d492eea75abea235)", "Multi threshold '+1' is not valid"); // Invalid threshold
     CheckUnparsable("multi(0,L4rK1yDtCWekvXuE6oXD9jCYfFNV2cWRpVuPLBcCU2z8TrisoyY1,5KYZdUEo39z3FPrtuX2QbbwGnNP5zTd7yyr2SC1j299sBCnWjss)", "multi(0,03a34b99f22c790c4e36b2b3c2c35a36db06226e41c692fc82b8b56ac1c540c5bd,04a34b99f22c790c4e36b2b3c2c35a36db06226e41c692fc82b8b56ac1c540c5bd5b8dec5235a0fa8722476c7709c02559e3aa73aa03918ba2d492eea75abea235)", "Multisig threshold cannot be 0, must be at least 1"); // Threshold of 0
     CheckUnparsable("multi(3,L4rK1yDtCWekvXuE6oXD9jCYfFNV2cWRpVuPLBcCU2z8TrisoyY1,5KYZdUEo39z3FPrtuX2QbbwGnNP5zTd7yyr2SC1j299sBCnWjss)", "multi(3,03a34b99f22c790c4e36b2b3c2c35a36db06226e41c692fc82b8b56ac1c540c5bd,04a34b99f22c790c4e36b2b3c2c35a36db06226e41c692fc82b8b56ac1c540c5bd5b8dec5235a0fa8722476c7709c02559e3aa73aa03918ba2d492eea75abea235)", "Multisig threshold cannot be larger than the number of keys; threshold is 3 but only 2 keys specified"); // Threshold larger than number of keys
     CheckUnparsable("multi(3,KzoAz5CanayRKex3fSLQ2BwJpN7U52gZvxMyk78nDMHuqrUxuSJy,KwGNz6YCCQtYvFzMtrC6D3tKTKdBBboMrLTsjr2NYVBwapCkn7Mr,KxogYhiNfwxuswvXV66eFyKcCpm7dZ7TqHVqujHAVUjJxyivxQ9X,L2BUNduTSyZwZjwNHynQTF14mv2uz2NRq5n5sYWTb4FkkmqgEE9f)", "multi(3,03669b8afcec803a0d323e9a17f3ea8e68e8abe5a278020a929adbec52421adbd0,0260b2003c386519fc9eadf2b5cf124dd8eea4c4e68d5e154050a9346ea98ce600,0362a74e399c39ed5593852a30147f2959b56bb827dfa3e60e464b02ccf87dc5e8,0261345b53de74a4d721ef877c255429961b7e43714171ac06168d7e08c542a8b8)", "Cannot have 4 pubkeys in bare multisig; only at most 3 pubkeys"); // Threshold larger than number of keys