diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/mvm/debugfs.c b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/mvm/debugfs.c
index ca4a1f8f82a5..7d69a556bcc8 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/mvm/debugfs.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/mvm/debugfs.c
@@ -949,9 +949,10 @@ static ssize_t iwl_dbgfs_fw_dbg_conf_write(struct iwl_mvm *mvm,
 					   char *buf, size_t count,
 					   loff_t *ppos)
 {
-	int ret, conf_id;
+	unsigned int conf_id;
+	int ret;
 
-	ret = kstrtoint(buf, 0, &conf_id);
+	ret = kstrtouint(buf, 0, &conf_id);
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;