diff --git a/src/applications/badges/editor/PhabricatorBadgesEditor.php b/src/applications/badges/editor/PhabricatorBadgesEditor.php
--- a/src/applications/badges/editor/PhabricatorBadgesEditor.php
+++ b/src/applications/badges/editor/PhabricatorBadgesEditor.php
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
       case PhabricatorBadgesTransaction::TYPE_ICON:
         return $object->getIcon();
       case PhabricatorBadgesTransaction::TYPE_QUALITY:
-        return $object->getQuality();
+        return (int)$object->getQuality();
       case PhabricatorBadgesTransaction::TYPE_STATUS:
         return $object->getStatus();
       case PhabricatorBadgesTransaction::TYPE_AWARD:
diff --git a/src/applications/badges/storage/PhabricatorBadgesTransaction.php b/src/applications/badges/storage/PhabricatorBadgesTransaction.php
--- a/src/applications/badges/storage/PhabricatorBadgesTransaction.php
+++ b/src/applications/badges/storage/PhabricatorBadgesTransaction.php
@@ -105,14 +105,14 @@
         }
         break;
       case self::TYPE_QUALITY:
+        $qual_new = PhabricatorBadgesQuality::getQualityName($new);
+        $qual_old = PhabricatorBadgesQuality::getQualityName($old);
         if ($old === null) {
           return pht(
             '%s set the quality for this badge as "%s".',
             $this->renderHandleLink($author_phid),
             $new);
         } else {
-          $qual_new = PhabricatorBadgesQuality::getQualityName($new);
-          $qual_old = PhabricatorBadgesQuality::getQualityName($old);
           return pht(
             '%s updated the quality for this badge from "%s" to "%s".',
             $this->renderHandleLink($author_phid),