diff --git a/Documentation/fault-injection/fault-injection.txt b/Documentation/fault-injection/fault-injection.txt
index 4d1b7b4ccfaf..b2b86147bafe 100644
--- a/Documentation/fault-injection/fault-injection.txt
+++ b/Documentation/fault-injection/fault-injection.txt
@@ -71,8 +71,8 @@ configuration of fault-injection capabilities.
 
 - /sys/kernel/debug/fail*/times:
 
-	specifies how many times failures may happen at most.
-	A value of -1 means "no limit".
+	specifies how many times failures may happen at most. A value of -1
+	means "no limit".
 
 - /sys/kernel/debug/fail*/space:
 
diff --git a/fs/debugfs/file.c b/fs/debugfs/file.c
index 4fce1da7db23..a57d080d2ba5 100644
--- a/fs/debugfs/file.c
+++ b/fs/debugfs/file.c
@@ -330,8 +330,8 @@ ssize_t debugfs_attr_read(struct file *file, char __user *buf,
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(debugfs_attr_read);
 
-ssize_t debugfs_attr_write(struct file *file, const char __user *buf,
-			 size_t len, loff_t *ppos)
+static ssize_t debugfs_attr_write_xsigned(struct file *file, const char __user *buf,
+			 size_t len, loff_t *ppos, bool is_signed)
 {
 	struct dentry *dentry = F_DENTRY(file);
 	ssize_t ret;
@@ -339,12 +339,28 @@ ssize_t debugfs_attr_write(struct file *file, const char __user *buf,
 	ret = debugfs_file_get(dentry);
 	if (unlikely(ret))
 		return ret;
-	ret = simple_attr_write(file, buf, len, ppos);
+	if (is_signed)
+		ret = simple_attr_write_signed(file, buf, len, ppos);
+	else
+		ret = simple_attr_write(file, buf, len, ppos);
 	debugfs_file_put(dentry);
 	return ret;
 }
+
+ssize_t debugfs_attr_write(struct file *file, const char __user *buf,
+			 size_t len, loff_t *ppos)
+{
+	return debugfs_attr_write_xsigned(file, buf, len, ppos, false);
+}
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(debugfs_attr_write);
 
+ssize_t debugfs_attr_write_signed(struct file *file, const char __user *buf,
+			 size_t len, loff_t *ppos)
+{
+	return debugfs_attr_write_xsigned(file, buf, len, ppos, true);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(debugfs_attr_write_signed);
+
 static struct dentry *debugfs_create_mode_unsafe(const char *name, umode_t mode,
 					struct dentry *parent, void *value,
 					const struct file_operations *fops,
@@ -742,11 +758,11 @@ static int debugfs_atomic_t_get(void *data, u64 *val)
 	*val = atomic_read((atomic_t *)data);
 	return 0;
 }
-DEFINE_DEBUGFS_ATTRIBUTE(fops_atomic_t, debugfs_atomic_t_get,
+DEFINE_DEBUGFS_ATTRIBUTE_SIGNED(fops_atomic_t, debugfs_atomic_t_get,
 			debugfs_atomic_t_set, "%lld\n");
-DEFINE_DEBUGFS_ATTRIBUTE(fops_atomic_t_ro, debugfs_atomic_t_get, NULL,
+DEFINE_DEBUGFS_ATTRIBUTE_SIGNED(fops_atomic_t_ro, debugfs_atomic_t_get, NULL,
 			"%lld\n");
-DEFINE_DEBUGFS_ATTRIBUTE(fops_atomic_t_wo, NULL, debugfs_atomic_t_set,
+DEFINE_DEBUGFS_ATTRIBUTE_SIGNED(fops_atomic_t_wo, NULL, debugfs_atomic_t_set,
 			"%lld\n");
 
 /**
diff --git a/include/linux/debugfs.h b/include/linux/debugfs.h
index 2a4638bb4033..6ebc269e48ac 100644
--- a/include/linux/debugfs.h
+++ b/include/linux/debugfs.h
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ struct debugfs_regset32 {
 
 extern struct dentry *arch_debugfs_dir;
 
-#define DEFINE_DEBUGFS_ATTRIBUTE(__fops, __get, __set, __fmt)		\
+#define DEFINE_DEBUGFS_ATTRIBUTE_XSIGNED(__fops, __get, __set, __fmt, __is_signed)	\
 static int __fops ## _open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)	\
 {									\
 	__simple_attr_check_format(__fmt, 0ull);			\
@@ -50,10 +50,16 @@ static const struct file_operations __fops = {				\
 	.open	 = __fops ## _open,					\
 	.release = simple_attr_release,					\
 	.read	 = debugfs_attr_read,					\
-	.write	 = debugfs_attr_write,					\
+	.write	 = (__is_signed) ? debugfs_attr_write_signed : debugfs_attr_write,	\
 	.llseek  = no_llseek,						\
 }
 
+#define DEFINE_DEBUGFS_ATTRIBUTE(__fops, __get, __set, __fmt)		\
+	DEFINE_DEBUGFS_ATTRIBUTE_XSIGNED(__fops, __get, __set, __fmt, false)
+
+#define DEFINE_DEBUGFS_ATTRIBUTE_SIGNED(__fops, __get, __set, __fmt)	\
+	DEFINE_DEBUGFS_ATTRIBUTE_XSIGNED(__fops, __get, __set, __fmt, true)
+
 typedef struct vfsmount *(*debugfs_automount_t)(struct dentry *, void *);
 
 #if defined(CONFIG_DEBUG_FS)
@@ -96,6 +102,8 @@ ssize_t debugfs_attr_read(struct file *file, char __user *buf,
 			size_t len, loff_t *ppos);
 ssize_t debugfs_attr_write(struct file *file, const char __user *buf,
 			size_t len, loff_t *ppos);
+ssize_t debugfs_attr_write_signed(struct file *file, const char __user *buf,
+			size_t len, loff_t *ppos);
 
 struct dentry *debugfs_rename(struct dentry *old_dir, struct dentry *old_dentry,
                 struct dentry *new_dir, const char *new_name);
@@ -246,6 +254,13 @@ static inline ssize_t debugfs_attr_write(struct file *file,
 	return -ENODEV;
 }
 
+static inline ssize_t debugfs_attr_write_signed(struct file *file,
+					const char __user *buf,
+					size_t len, loff_t *ppos)
+{
+	return -ENODEV;
+}
+
 static inline struct dentry *debugfs_rename(struct dentry *old_dir, struct dentry *old_dentry,
                 struct dentry *new_dir, char *new_name)
 {