diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 6b13164e6cb2..fb77e2469cf6 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: a4fb7d53869f848fcef91fc6b571e0e8f6e835ce
+refs/heads/master: 06501787d843608c83864cc241f4fd464ce385ca
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/staging/line6/pod.c b/trunk/drivers/staging/line6/pod.c
index 2a85ec39fe47..9edd053fb9ae 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/staging/line6/pod.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/staging/line6/pod.c
@@ -892,10 +892,10 @@ static ssize_t pod_set_midi_postprocess(struct device *dev,
 {
 	struct usb_interface *interface = to_usb_interface(dev);
 	struct usb_line6_pod *pod = usb_get_intfdata(interface);
-	unsigned long value;
+	u8 value;
 	int ret;
 
-	ret = strict_strtoul(buf, 10, &value);
+	ret = kstrtou8(buf, 10, &value);
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;