diff --git a/drivers/iio/gyro/adis16136.c b/drivers/iio/gyro/adis16136.c
index 05486dfd721b..b4ee3393b772 100644
--- a/drivers/iio/gyro/adis16136.c
+++ b/drivers/iio/gyro/adis16136.c
@@ -203,10 +203,10 @@ static ssize_t adis16136_write_frequency(struct device *dev,
 {
 	struct iio_dev *indio_dev = dev_to_iio_dev(dev);
 	struct adis16136 *adis16136 = iio_priv(indio_dev);
-	long val;
+	unsigned int val;
 	int ret;
 
-	ret = kstrtol(buf, 10, &val);
+	ret = kstrtouint(buf, 10, &val);
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;