diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 542e1cb4933f..5703ac04a8b0 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 02330acda7ef88865e62e2763df2cdd735607cb4
+refs/heads/master: ef4f92c064697a66a2a61977dd690af40dc01ff0
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/iio/industrialio-core.c b/trunk/drivers/iio/industrialio-core.c
index 7bb570b7a4af..cd700368eed0 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/iio/industrialio-core.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/iio/industrialio-core.c
@@ -437,6 +437,8 @@ static ssize_t iio_write_channel_info(struct device *dev,
 	if (buf[0] == '-') {
 		negative = true;
 		buf++;
+	} else if (buf[0] == '+') {
+		buf++;
 	}
 
 	while (*buf) {