diff --git a/drivers/staging/speakup/main.c b/drivers/staging/speakup/main.c
index 3ea2515086732280107106cb6c3d745d910a94dd..e91d2132a873c71570e06a5872278c3948956b52 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/speakup/main.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/speakup/main.c
@@ -1892,7 +1892,7 @@ static int handle_goto(struct vc_data *vc, u_char type, u_char ch, u_short key)
 		spk_special_handler = NULL;
 		return 1;
 	}
-	go_pos = simple_strtol(goto_buf, &cp, 10);
+	go_pos = kstrtol(goto_buf, &cp, 10);
 	goto_pos = (u_long) go_pos;
 	if (*cp == 'x') {
 		if (*goto_buf < '0')