diff --git a/drivers/md/bcache/sysfs.c b/drivers/md/bcache/sysfs.c
index 9be27b26d300d5352abcebb7ce8147c210816b57..bedd3e68fd298ce75c0ef037af2064eba1d28e4a 100644
--- a/drivers/md/bcache/sysfs.c
+++ b/drivers/md/bcache/sysfs.c
@@ -778,10 +778,12 @@ STORE(__bch_cache_set)
 		c->shrink.scan_objects(&c->shrink, &sc);
 	}
 
-	sysfs_strtoul(congested_read_threshold_us,
-		      c->congested_read_threshold_us);
-	sysfs_strtoul(congested_write_threshold_us,
-		      c->congested_write_threshold_us);
+	sysfs_strtoul_clamp(congested_read_threshold_us,
+			    c->congested_read_threshold_us,
+			    0, UINT_MAX);
+	sysfs_strtoul_clamp(congested_write_threshold_us,
+			    c->congested_write_threshold_us,
+			    0, UINT_MAX);
 
 	if (attr == &sysfs_errors) {
 		v = __sysfs_match_string(error_actions, -1, buf);