diff --git a/plugins/color/lcms2engine/colorspaces/rgb_u16/RgbU16ColorSpace.cpp b/plugins/color/lcms2engine/colorspaces/rgb_u16/RgbU16ColorSpace.cpp
--- a/plugins/color/lcms2engine/colorspaces/rgb_u16/RgbU16ColorSpace.cpp
+++ b/plugins/color/lcms2engine/colorspaces/rgb_u16/RgbU16ColorSpace.cpp
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 
 #include "compositeops/KoCompositeOps.h"
 #include "compositeops/RgbCompositeOps.h"
+#include "kis_dom_utils.h"
 
 RgbU16ColorSpace::RgbU16ColorSpace(const QString &name, KoColorProfile *p) :
     LcmsColorSpace<KoBgrU16Traits>(colorSpaceId(), name, TYPE_BGRA_16, cmsSigRgbData, p)
@@ -70,9 +71,9 @@
 void RgbU16ColorSpace::colorFromXML(quint8 *pixel, const QDomElement &elt) const
 {
     KoBgrU16Traits::Pixel *p = reinterpret_cast<KoBgrU16Traits::Pixel *>(pixel);
-    p->red = KoColorSpaceMaths< qreal, KoBgrU16Traits::channels_type >::scaleToA(elt.attribute("r").toDouble());
-    p->green = KoColorSpaceMaths< qreal, KoBgrU16Traits::channels_type >::scaleToA(elt.attribute("g").toDouble());
-    p->blue = KoColorSpaceMaths< qreal, KoBgrU16Traits::channels_type >::scaleToA(elt.attribute("b").toDouble());
+    p->red = KoColorSpaceMaths< qreal, KoBgrU16Traits::channels_type >::scaleToA(KisDomUtils::Private::stringToDouble(elt.attribute("r")));
+    p->green = KoColorSpaceMaths< qreal, KoBgrU16Traits::channels_type >::scaleToA(KisDomUtils::Private::stringToDouble(elt.attribute("g")));
+    p->blue = KoColorSpaceMaths< qreal, KoBgrU16Traits::channels_type >::scaleToA(KisDomUtils::Private::stringToDouble(elt.attribute("b")));
     p->alpha = KoColorSpaceMathsTraits<quint16>::max;
 }
 
@@ -103,4 +104,4 @@
     YUVToRGB(*y, *u, *v, &channelValues[0],&channelValues[1],&channelValues[2], lumaCoefficients()[0], lumaCoefficients()[1], lumaCoefficients()[2]);
     channelValues[3]=1.0;
     return channelValues;
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}