diff --git a/drivers/base/power/sysfs.c b/drivers/base/power/sysfs.c
index a7b46798c81d0452149907e153ae149830fdbceb..33b4b902741aa3933a72afb7cb49252d65289911 100644
--- a/drivers/base/power/sysfs.c
+++ b/drivers/base/power/sysfs.c
@@ -263,7 +263,11 @@ static ssize_t pm_qos_latency_tolerance_store(struct device *dev,
 	s32 value;
 	int ret;
 
-	if (kstrtos32(buf, 0, &value)) {
+	if (kstrtos32(buf, 0, &value) == 0) {
+		/* Users can't write negative values directly */
+		if (value < 0)
+			return -EINVAL;
+	} else {
 		if (!strcmp(buf, "auto") || !strcmp(buf, "auto\n"))
 			value = PM_QOS_LATENCY_TOLERANCE_NO_CONSTRAINT;
 		else if (!strcmp(buf, "any") || !strcmp(buf, "any\n"))