diff --git a/drivers/staging/zram/zram_sysfs.c b/drivers/staging/zram/zram_sysfs.c
index edb0ed4125d5..de1eacf65dbd 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/zram/zram_sysfs.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/zram/zram_sysfs.c
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 #include <linux/device.h>
 #include <linux/genhd.h>
 #include <linux/mm.h>
+#include <linux/kernel.h>
 
 #include "zram_drv.h"
 
@@ -54,13 +55,12 @@ static ssize_t disksize_show(struct device *dev,
 static ssize_t disksize_store(struct device *dev,
 		struct device_attribute *attr, const char *buf, size_t len)
 {
-	int ret;
 	u64 disksize;
 	struct zram *zram = dev_to_zram(dev);
 
-	ret = kstrtoull(buf, 10, &disksize);
-	if (ret)
-		return ret;
+	disksize = memparse(buf, NULL);
+	if (!disksize)
+		return -EINVAL;
 
 	down_write(&zram->init_lock);
 	if (zram->init_done) {