1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/base/dd.c b/drivers/base/dd.c
index 169412ee4ae8..940abad069c0 100644
--- a/drivers/base/dd.c
+++ b/drivers/base/dd.c
@@ -223,7 +223,10 @@ DEFINE_SHOW_ATTRIBUTE(deferred_devs);
 static int deferred_probe_timeout = -1;
 static int __init deferred_probe_timeout_setup(char *str)
 {
-        deferred_probe_timeout = simple_strtol(str, NULL, 10);
+        int timeout;
+
+        if (!kstrtoint(str, 10, &timeout))
+                deferred_probe_timeout = timeout;
         return 1;
 }
 __setup("deferred_probe_timeout=", deferred_probe_timeout_setup);