diff --git a/drivers/md/raid5.c b/drivers/md/raid5.c
index 076409455b603582f589ea8fcc68173d421ca33a..928e24a071338ab6e1fe7668c8caa42b2803ccfe 100644
--- a/drivers/md/raid5.c
+++ b/drivers/md/raid5.c
@@ -6575,14 +6575,17 @@ static ssize_t
 raid5_store_group_thread_cnt(struct mddev *mddev, const char *page, size_t len)
 {
 	struct r5conf *conf;
-	unsigned long new;
+	unsigned int new;
 	int err;
 	struct r5worker_group *new_groups, *old_groups;
 	int group_cnt, worker_cnt_per_group;
 
 	if (len >= PAGE_SIZE)
 		return -EINVAL;
-	if (kstrtoul(page, 10, &new))
+	if (kstrtouint(page, 10, &new))
+		return -EINVAL;
+	/* 8192 should be big enough */
+	if (new > 8192)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	err = mddev_lock(mddev);