diff --git a/hardware_interface/src/component_parser.cpp b/hardware_interface/src/component_parser.cpp
index 6cd9e81f22..4f67d3e8b6 100644
--- a/hardware_interface/src/component_parser.cpp
+++ b/hardware_interface/src/component_parser.cpp
@@ -129,26 +129,23 @@ double get_parameter_value_or(
 {
   while (params_it)
   {
-    // Fill the map with parameters
-    const auto tag_name = params_it->Name();
-    if (strcmp(tag_name, parameter_name) == 0)
+    try
     {
-      const auto tag_text = params_it->GetText();
-      if (tag_text)
+      // Fill the map with parameters
+      const auto tag_name = params_it->Name();
+      if (strcmp(tag_name, parameter_name) == 0)
       {
-        // Parse and return double value if there is no parsing error
-        double result_value;
-        const auto parse_result =
-          std::from_chars(tag_text, tag_text + std::strlen(tag_text), result_value);
-        if (parse_result.ec == std::errc())
+        const auto tag_text = params_it->GetText();
+        if (tag_text)
         {
-          return result_value;
+          return hardware_interface::stod(tag_text);
         }
-
-        // Parsing failed - exit loop and return default value
-        break;
       }
     }
+    catch (const std::exception & e)
+    {
+      return default_value;
+    }
 
     params_it = params_it->NextSiblingElement();
   }