diff --git a/drivers/md/bcache/sysfs.c b/drivers/md/bcache/sysfs.c
index 5a5c1f1bd8a5..87daccbbc61b 100644
--- a/drivers/md/bcache/sysfs.c
+++ b/drivers/md/bcache/sysfs.c
@@ -645,8 +645,17 @@ STORE(__bch_cache_set)
 		c->error_limit = strtoul_or_return(buf) << IO_ERROR_SHIFT;
 
 	/* See count_io_errors() for why 88 */
-	if (attr == &sysfs_io_error_halflife)
-		c->error_decay = strtoul_or_return(buf) / 88;
+	if (attr == &sysfs_io_error_halflife) {
+		unsigned long v = 0;
+		ssize_t ret;
+
+		ret = strtoul_safe_clamp(buf, v, 0, UINT_MAX);
+		if (!ret) {
+			c->error_decay = v / 88;
+			return size;
+		}
+		return ret;
+	}
 
 	sysfs_strtoul(journal_delay_ms,		c->journal_delay_ms);
 	sysfs_strtoul(verify,			c->verify);