diff --git a/drivers/iio/industrialio-core.c b/drivers/iio/industrialio-core.c
index 7bb570b7a4af..cd700368eed0 100644
--- a/drivers/iio/industrialio-core.c
+++ b/drivers/iio/industrialio-core.c
@@ -437,6 +437,8 @@ static ssize_t iio_write_channel_info(struct device *dev,
 	if (buf[0] == '-') {
 		negative = true;
 		buf++;
+	} else if (buf[0] == '+') {
+		buf++;
 	}
 
 	while (*buf) {