diff --git a/drivers/md/bcache/sysfs.c b/drivers/md/bcache/sysfs.c
index 5bb81e564ce8827869b12f5da6f6fbf6a2ac5d90..3e8d1f1b562f8be02f99ac43b382ec4e5333980d 100644
--- a/drivers/md/bcache/sysfs.c
+++ b/drivers/md/bcache/sysfs.c
@@ -289,7 +289,9 @@ STORE(__cached_dev)
 	sysfs_strtoul_clamp(writeback_rate_p_term_inverse,
 			    dc->writeback_rate_p_term_inverse,
 			    1, UINT_MAX);
-	d_strtoul_nonzero(writeback_rate_minimum);
+	sysfs_strtoul_clamp(writeback_rate_minimum,
+			    dc->writeback_rate_minimum,
+			    1, UINT_MAX);
 
 	sysfs_strtoul_clamp(io_error_limit, dc->error_limit, 0, INT_MAX);