diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/dell/dell_rbu.c b/drivers/platform/x86/dell/dell_rbu.c
index eb50f1d75d0c..3fa9de9aa47b 100644
--- a/drivers/platform/x86/dell/dell_rbu.c
+++ b/drivers/platform/x86/dell/dell_rbu.c
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
 #define pr_fmt(fmt)	KBUILD_MODNAME ": " fmt
 
 #include <linux/init.h>
+#include <linux/kstrtox.h>
 #include <linux/module.h>
 #include <linux/slab.h>
 #include <linux/string.h>
@@ -619,9 +620,12 @@ static ssize_t packet_size_write(struct file *filp, struct kobject *kobj,
 				 char *buffer, loff_t pos, size_t count)
 {
 	unsigned long temp;
+
+	if (kstrtoul(buffer, 10, &temp))
+		return -EINVAL;
+
 	spin_lock(&rbu_data.lock);
 	packet_empty_list();
-	sscanf(buffer, "%lu", &temp);
 	if (temp < 0xffffffff)
 		rbu_data.packetsize = temp;