1 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/iio/industrialio-buffer.c b/drivers/iio/industrialio-buffer.c
index d4ad37455a67..722a83fd8d85 100644
--- a/drivers/iio/industrialio-buffer.c
+++ b/drivers/iio/industrialio-buffer.c
@@ -371,12 +371,12 @@ ssize_t iio_buffer_write_length(struct device *dev,
                                 const char *buf,
                                 size_t len)
 {
-        int ret;
-        ulong val;
         struct iio_dev *indio_dev = dev_to_iio_dev(dev);
         struct iio_buffer *buffer = indio_dev->buffer;
+        unsigned int val;
+        int ret;
 
-        ret = strict_strtoul(buf, 10, &val);
+        ret = kstrtouint(buf, 10, &val);
         if (ret)
                 return ret;