1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/iio/industrialio-event.c b/drivers/iio/industrialio-event.c
index fa6543bf6731..857e6306c5c3 100644
--- a/drivers/iio/industrialio-event.c
+++ b/drivers/iio/industrialio-event.c
@@ -239,13 +239,13 @@ static ssize_t iio_ev_value_store(struct device *dev,
 {
         struct iio_dev *indio_dev = dev_to_iio_dev(dev);
         struct iio_dev_attr *this_attr = to_iio_dev_attr(attr);
-        unsigned long val;
+        int val;
         int ret;
 
         if (!indio_dev->info->write_event_value)
                 return -EINVAL;
 
-        ret = strict_strtoul(buf, 10, &val);
+        ret = kstrtoint(buf, 10, &val);
         if (ret)
                 return ret;