diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 5c8ed311a567..f3e47b5a4f3b 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 2471c0933988eede8040d58cefd6be4fbef9c057
+refs/heads/master: 1383ec4dad392a1c316820e9afb27b5fb95a6f57
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/staging/line6/variax.c b/trunk/drivers/staging/line6/variax.c
index d36622228b2d..bb99ee4919e7 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/staging/line6/variax.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/staging/line6/variax.c
@@ -319,10 +319,10 @@ static ssize_t variax_set_volume(struct device *dev,
 {
 	struct usb_line6_variax *variax =
 	    usb_get_intfdata(to_usb_interface(dev));
-	unsigned long value;
+	u8 value;
 	int ret;
 
-	ret = strict_strtoul(buf, 10, &value);
+	ret = kstrtou8(buf, 10, &value);
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
 
@@ -418,10 +418,10 @@ static ssize_t variax_set_tone(struct device *dev,
 {
 	struct usb_line6_variax *variax =
 	    usb_get_intfdata(to_usb_interface(dev));
-	unsigned long value;
+	u8 value;
 	int ret;
 
-	ret = strict_strtoul(buf, 10, &value);
+	ret = kstrtou8(buf, 10, &value);
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;