diff --git a/drivers/staging/iio/accel/lis3l02dq_core.c b/drivers/staging/iio/accel/lis3l02dq_core.c
index 4dbe4c7d3617d1e85367d76d8ec3773a3888d36d..5da40b33186a56977141a06791a9a0e4d263f594 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/iio/accel/lis3l02dq_core.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/iio/accel/lis3l02dq_core.c
@@ -332,11 +332,11 @@ static ssize_t lis3l02dq_write_frequency(struct device *dev,
 					 size_t len)
 {
 	struct iio_dev *indio_dev = dev_get_drvdata(dev);
-	long val;
+	unsigned long val;
 	int ret;
 	u8 t;
 
-	ret = strict_strtol(buf, 10, &val);
+	ret = kstrtoul(buf, 10, &val);
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;