diff --git a/drivers/thermal/thermal_core.c b/drivers/thermal/thermal_core.c
index 05a35b748264..b86a2b36c924 100644
--- a/drivers/thermal/thermal_core.c
+++ b/drivers/thermal/thermal_core.c
@@ -727,7 +727,7 @@ trip_point_temp_store(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr,
 {
 	struct thermal_zone_device *tz = to_thermal_zone(dev);
 	int trip, ret;
-	unsigned long temperature;
+	int temperature;
 
 	if (!tz->ops->set_trip_temp)
 		return -EPERM;
@@ -735,7 +735,7 @@ trip_point_temp_store(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr,
 	if (!sscanf(attr->attr.name, "trip_point_%d_temp", &trip))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	if (kstrtoul(buf, 10, &temperature))
+	if (kstrtoint(buf, 10, &temperature))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	ret = tz->ops->set_trip_temp(tz, trip, temperature);
@@ -940,9 +940,9 @@ emul_temp_store(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr,
 {
 	struct thermal_zone_device *tz = to_thermal_zone(dev);
 	int ret = 0;
-	unsigned long temperature;
+	int temperature;
 
-	if (kstrtoul(buf, 10, &temperature))
+	if (kstrtoint(buf, 10, &temperature))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	if (!tz->ops->set_emul_temp) {
diff --git a/include/linux/thermal.h b/include/linux/thermal.h
index 7fd6d05550c0..1423eaff9ac3 100644
--- a/include/linux/thermal.h
+++ b/include/linux/thermal.h
@@ -358,8 +358,8 @@ struct thermal_zone_of_device_ops {
 
 struct thermal_trip {
 	struct device_node *np;
-	unsigned long int temperature;
-	unsigned long int hysteresis;
+	int temperature;
+	int hysteresis;
 	enum thermal_trip_type type;
 };