diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 3b8eaaad37af..49a21d03db75 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 1caf09df78a1b40604f200f419b08819e139b858
+refs/heads/master: e1e420c71b53829c661123a21b14a42d821e5e7f
diff --git a/trunk/net/core/net-sysfs.c b/trunk/net/core/net-sysfs.c
index 495586232aa1..97d0f2453a0e 100644
--- a/trunk/net/core/net-sysfs.c
+++ b/trunk/net/core/net-sysfs.c
@@ -74,15 +74,14 @@ static ssize_t netdev_store(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr,
 			    int (*set)(struct net_device *, unsigned long))
 {
 	struct net_device *net = to_net_dev(dev);
-	char *endp;
 	unsigned long new;
 	int ret = -EINVAL;
 
 	if (!capable(CAP_NET_ADMIN))
 		return -EPERM;
 
-	new = simple_strtoul(buf, &endp, 0);
-	if (endp == buf)
+	ret = kstrtoul(buf, 0, &new);
+	if (ret)
 		goto err;
 
 	if (!rtnl_trylock())