1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/hwmon/lm75.c b/drivers/hwmon/lm75.c
index a40166ffad12..4fa32205e44c 100644
--- a/drivers/hwmon/lm75.c
+++ b/drivers/hwmon/lm75.c
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ static ssize_t set_temp(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *da,
         struct i2c_client *client = to_i2c_client(dev);
         struct lm75_data *data = i2c_get_clientdata(client);
         int nr = attr->index;
-        unsigned long temp = simple_strtoul(buf, NULL, 10);
+        long temp = simple_strtol(buf, NULL, 10);
 
         mutex_lock(&data->update_lock);
         data->temp[nr] = LM75_TEMP_TO_REG(temp);