diff --git a/cmd/neofs-node/config/cast.go b/cmd/neofs-node/config/cast.go
index c4b7e602b..5a92675f8 100644
--- a/cmd/neofs-node/config/cast.go
+++ b/cmd/neofs-node/config/cast.go
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package config
 
 import (
+	"math/bits"
 	"strings"
 	"time"
 	"unicode"
@@ -164,12 +165,28 @@ func SizeInBytesSafe(c *Config, name string) uint64 {
 // with minor corrections (allow to use both `k` and `kb` forms.
 // Seems like viper allows to convert sizes but corresponding parser in `cast` package
 // is missing.
-func safeMul(a, b uint64) uint64 {
-	c := a * b
-	if a > 1 && b > 1 && c/b != a {
+
+// safeMul returns size*multiplier, rounding down to the
+// multiplier/1024 number of bytes.
+// Returns 0 if overflow is detected.
+func safeMul(size float64, multiplier uint64) uint64 {
+	n := uint64(size)
+	f := uint64((size - float64(n)) * 1024)
+	if f != 0 && multiplier != 1 {
+		s := n<<10 + f
+		if s < n {
+			return 0
+		}
+
+		n = s
+		multiplier >>= 10
+	}
+
+	hi, lo := bits.Mul64(n, multiplier)
+	if hi != 0 {
 		return 0
 	}
-	return c
+	return lo
 }
 
 // parseSizeInBytes converts strings like 1GB or 12 mb into an unsigned integer number of bytes
@@ -203,6 +220,6 @@ func parseSizeInBytes(sizeStr string) uint64 {
 		}
 	}
 
-	size := cast.ToUint64(sizeStr)
+	size := cast.ToFloat64(sizeStr)
 	return safeMul(size, multiplier)
 }
diff --git a/cmd/neofs-node/config/cast_test.go b/cmd/neofs-node/config/cast_test.go
index 8ff493a63..85b6e1e95 100644
--- a/cmd/neofs-node/config/cast_test.go
+++ b/cmd/neofs-node/config/cast_test.go
@@ -130,6 +130,9 @@ func TestSizeInBytes(t *testing.T) {
 		require.EqualValues(t, 12*mb, config.SizeInBytesSafe(c, "size_mb"))
 		require.EqualValues(t, 4*gb, config.SizeInBytesSafe(c, "size_gb"))
 		require.EqualValues(t, 5*tb, config.SizeInBytesSafe(c, "size_tb"))
+		require.EqualValues(t, 12, config.SizeInBytesSafe(c, "size_i_am_not_very_clever"))
+		require.EqualValues(t, tb/2, config.SizeInBytesSafe(c, "size_float"))
+		require.EqualValues(t, uint64(14*gb+(gb*123/1000/mb*mb)), config.SizeInBytesSafe(c, "size_float_big"))
 		require.EqualValues(t, 2048, config.SizeInBytesSafe(c, "size_bytes"))
 		require.EqualValues(t, 123456, config.SizeInBytesSafe(c, "size_bytes_no_suffix"))
 	})
diff --git a/cmd/neofs-node/config/test/config.json b/cmd/neofs-node/config/test/config.json
index e1f1da781..45635c7ab 100644
--- a/cmd/neofs-node/config/test/config.json
+++ b/cmd/neofs-node/config/test/config.json
@@ -54,6 +54,9 @@
     "size_mb": "12m",
     "size_gb": "4g",
     "size_tb": "5 TB",
+    "size_float": ".5t",
+    "size_float_big": "14.123 gb",
+    "size_i_am_not_very_clever": "12.12345678",
     "size_bytes": "2048b",
     "size_bytes_no_suffix": 123456
   },
diff --git a/cmd/neofs-node/config/test/config.yaml b/cmd/neofs-node/config/test/config.yaml
index e2e6d3aa9..102c045a1 100644
--- a/cmd/neofs-node/config/test/config.yaml
+++ b/cmd/neofs-node/config/test/config.yaml
@@ -47,6 +47,9 @@ sizes:
   size_mb: 12m
   size_gb: 4g
   size_tb: 5 TB
+  size_float: .5t
+  size_float_big: 14.123 gb
+  size_i_am_not_very_clever: 12.12345678
   size_bytes: 2048b
   size_bytes_no_suffix: 123456