diff --git a/drivers/hwmon/dell-smm-hwmon.c b/drivers/hwmon/dell-smm-hwmon.c
index c43318d3416e..480b2fae9541 100644
--- a/drivers/hwmon/dell-smm-hwmon.c
+++ b/drivers/hwmon/dell-smm-hwmon.c
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@
 #include <linux/uaccess.h>
 #include <linux/io.h>
 #include <linux/sched.h>
+#include <linux/ctype.h>
 
 #include <linux/i8k.h>
 
@@ -387,6 +388,10 @@ i8k_ioctl_unlocked(struct file *fp, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg)
 
 	switch (cmd) {
 	case I8K_BIOS_VERSION:
+		if (!isdigit(bios_version[0]) || !isdigit(bios_version[1]) ||
+		    !isdigit(bios_version[2]))
+			return -EINVAL;
+
 		val = (bios_version[0] << 16) |
 				(bios_version[1] << 8) | bios_version[2];
 		break;