diff --git a/keras/src/testing/test_ops_int_cast.py b/keras/src/testing/test_ops_int_cast.py
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+import numpy as np
+import pytest
+
+import keras
+from keras import backend
+from keras import layers
+from keras import ops
+from keras.src.utils.arg_casts import _maybe_convert_to_int
+
+
+@pytest.mark.skipif(
+    backend.backend() in ["numpy", "openvino"],
+    reason="fit() not implemented for NumPy/OpenVINO backends",
+)
+def test_dense_accepts_ops_prod_units_and_call_ops_prod():
+    class ProdDenseLayer(layers.Layer):
+        def __init__(self, **kwargs):
+            super().__init__(**kwargs)
+
+        def build(self, input_shape):
+            units = ops.prod(input_shape[1:])
+            self.dense = layers.Dense(_maybe_convert_to_int(units))
+            self.dense.build(input_shape)
+
+        def call(self, inputs):
+            scale_factor = ops.prod(ops.shape(inputs)[1:])
+            scaled_inputs = inputs * ops.cast(scale_factor, inputs.dtype)
+            return self.dense(scaled_inputs)
+
+    batch_size = 4
+    input_shape = (10,)
+    X_train = np.random.randn(batch_size * 2, *input_shape).astype(np.float32)
+    y_train = np.random.randint(0, 2, (batch_size * 2, 10)).astype(np.float32)
+
+    inp = keras.Input(shape=input_shape)
+    out = ProdDenseLayer()(inp)
+    model = keras.Model(inputs=inp, outputs=out)
+
+    model.compile(optimizer="adam", loss="binary_crossentropy")
+    model.fit(X_train, y_train, epochs=1, batch_size=batch_size, verbose=0)
diff --git a/keras/src/utils/arg_casts.py b/keras/src/utils/arg_casts.py
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+from typing import Any
+
+import numpy as np
+
+from keras import ops
+
+
+def _maybe_convert_to_int(x: Any) -> Any:
+    if isinstance(x, int):
+        return x
+    if isinstance(x, (tuple, list)):
+        try:
+            return tuple(int(v) for v in x)
+        except Exception:
+            return x
+
+    try:
+        np_val = ops.convert_to_numpy(x)
+    except Exception:
+        return x
+
+    if np.isscalar(np_val):
+        try:
+            return int(np_val)
+        except Exception:
+            return x
+
+    arr = np.asarray(np_val).ravel()
+    if arr.size == 0:
+        return x
+    if arr.size == 1:
+        return int(arr[0])
+    try:
+        return tuple(int(v) for v in arr.tolist())
+    except Exception:
+        return x