diff --git a/drivers/leds/ledtrig-gpio.c b/drivers/leds/ledtrig-gpio.c
index ba215dc42f9861ad41db278a970e37a6aedeceae..72e3ebfc281f2fb18b8223b6ae0936f378f40c7b 100644
--- a/drivers/leds/ledtrig-gpio.c
+++ b/drivers/leds/ledtrig-gpio.c
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ static ssize_t gpio_trig_inverted_store(struct device *dev,
 	unsigned long inverted;
 	int ret;
 
-	ret = strict_strtoul(buf, 10, &inverted);
+	ret = kstrtoul(buf, 10, &inverted);
 	if (ret < 0)
 		return ret;