diff --git a/drivers/thermal/thermal_core.c b/drivers/thermal/thermal_core.c
index d4b54653ecf8d7f489a6200a8491b46b52f3ba14..f1db496255556c53750578ed25fae73779a882de 100644
--- a/drivers/thermal/thermal_core.c
+++ b/drivers/thermal/thermal_core.c
@@ -688,7 +688,7 @@ trip_point_temp_store(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr,
 {
 	struct thermal_zone_device *tz = to_thermal_zone(dev);
 	int trip, ret;
-	unsigned long temperature;
+	int temperature;
 
 	if (!tz->ops->set_trip_temp)
 		return -EPERM;
@@ -696,7 +696,7 @@ trip_point_temp_store(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr,
 	if (!sscanf(attr->attr.name, "trip_point_%d_temp", &trip))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	if (kstrtoul(buf, 10, &temperature))
+	if (kstrtoint(buf, 10, &temperature))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	ret = tz->ops->set_trip_temp(tz, trip, temperature);
@@ -899,9 +899,9 @@ emul_temp_store(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr,
 {
 	struct thermal_zone_device *tz = to_thermal_zone(dev);
 	int ret = 0;
-	unsigned long temperature;
+	int temperature;
 
-	if (kstrtoul(buf, 10, &temperature))
+	if (kstrtoint(buf, 10, &temperature))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	if (!tz->ops->set_emul_temp) {
diff --git a/include/linux/thermal.h b/include/linux/thermal.h
index a55d0523f75d63bfbe43355a56dd0f08e835cdc9..1b8a5a7876ce67abbc0d6cac4004f816c31bf221 100644
--- a/include/linux/thermal.h
+++ b/include/linux/thermal.h
@@ -352,8 +352,8 @@ struct thermal_zone_of_device_ops {
 
 struct thermal_trip {
 	struct device_node *np;
-	unsigned long int temperature;
-	unsigned long int hysteresis;
+	int temperature;
+	int hysteresis;
 	enum thermal_trip_type type;
 };