diff --git a/arch/mips/fw/lib/cmdline.c b/arch/mips/fw/lib/cmdline.c
index a0c361e6a5d2..6ecda64ad184 100644
--- a/arch/mips/fw/lib/cmdline.c
+++ b/arch/mips/fw/lib/cmdline.c
@@ -88,13 +88,13 @@ unsigned long fw_getenvl(char *envname)
 {
 	unsigned long envl = 0UL;
 	char *str;
-	long val;
 	int tmp;
 
 	str = fw_getenv(envname);
 	if (str) {
-		tmp = kstrtol(str, 0, &val);
-		envl = (unsigned long)val;
+		tmp = kstrtoul(str, 0, &envl);
+		if (tmp)
+			envl = 0;
 	}
 
 	return envl;