diff --git a/drivers/hwmon/dell-smm-hwmon.c b/drivers/hwmon/dell-smm-hwmon.c
index 3b49e55d060f..a102034a1d38 100644
--- a/drivers/hwmon/dell-smm-hwmon.c
+++ b/drivers/hwmon/dell-smm-hwmon.c
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 #include <linux/errno.h>
 #include <linux/hwmon.h>
 #include <linux/init.h>
+#include <linux/kernel.h>
 #include <linux/module.h>
 #include <linux/mutex.h>
 #include <linux/platform_device.h>
@@ -254,46 +255,52 @@ static int i8k_smm(struct smm_regs *regs)
 /*
  * Read the fan status.
  */
-static int i8k_get_fan_status(const struct dell_smm_data *data, int fan)
+static int i8k_get_fan_status(const struct dell_smm_data *data, u8 fan)
 {
-	struct smm_regs regs = { .eax = I8K_SMM_GET_FAN, };
+	struct smm_regs regs = {
+		.eax = I8K_SMM_GET_FAN,
+		.ebx = fan,
+	};

 	if (data->disallow_fan_support)
 		return -EINVAL;

-	regs.ebx = fan & 0xff;
 	return i8k_smm(&regs) ? : regs.eax & 0xff;
 }

 /*
  * Read the fan speed in RPM.
  */
-static int i8k_get_fan_speed(const struct dell_smm_data *data, int fan)
+static int i8k_get_fan_speed(const struct dell_smm_data *data, u8 fan)
 {
-	struct smm_regs regs = { .eax = I8K_SMM_GET_SPEED, };
+	struct smm_regs regs = {
+		.eax = I8K_SMM_GET_SPEED,
+		.ebx = fan,
+	};

 	if (data->disallow_fan_support)
 		return -EINVAL;

-	regs.ebx = fan & 0xff;
 	return i8k_smm(&regs) ? : (regs.eax & 0xffff) * data->i8k_fan_mult;
 }

 /*
  * Read the fan type.
  */
-static int _i8k_get_fan_type(const struct dell_smm_data *data, int fan)
+static int _i8k_get_fan_type(const struct dell_smm_data *data, u8 fan)
 {
-	struct smm_regs regs = { .eax = I8K_SMM_GET_FAN_TYPE, };
+	struct smm_regs regs = {
+		.eax = I8K_SMM_GET_FAN_TYPE,
+		.ebx = fan,
+	};

 	if (data->disallow_fan_support || data->disallow_fan_type_call)
 		return -EINVAL;

-	regs.ebx = fan & 0xff;
 	return i8k_smm(&regs) ? : regs.eax & 0xff;
 }

-static int i8k_get_fan_type(struct dell_smm_data *data, int fan)
+static int i8k_get_fan_type(struct dell_smm_data *data, u8 fan)
 {
 	/* I8K_SMM_GET_FAN_TYPE SMM call is expensive, so cache values */
 	if (data->fan_type[fan] == INT_MIN)
@@ -305,14 +312,16 @@ static int i8k_get_fan_type(struct dell_smm_data *data, int fan)
 /*
  * Read the fan nominal rpm for specific fan speed.
  */
-static int __init i8k_get_fan_nominal_speed(const struct dell_smm_data *data, int fan, int speed)
+static int __init i8k_get_fan_nominal_speed(const struct dell_smm_data *data, u8 fan, int speed)
 {
-	struct smm_regs regs = { .eax = I8K_SMM_GET_NOM_SPEED, };
+	struct smm_regs regs = {
+		.eax = I8K_SMM_GET_NOM_SPEED,
+		.ebx = fan | (speed << 8),
+	};

 	if (data->disallow_fan_support)
 		return -EINVAL;

-	regs.ebx = (fan & 0xff) | (speed << 8);
 	return i8k_smm(&regs) ? : (regs.eax & 0xffff) * data->i8k_fan_mult;
 }

@@ -333,7 +342,7 @@ static int i8k_enable_fan_auto_mode(const struct dell_smm_data *data, bool enabl
 /*
  * Set the fan speed (off, low, high, ...).
  */
-static int i8k_set_fan(const struct dell_smm_data *data, int fan, int speed)
+static int i8k_set_fan(const struct dell_smm_data *data, u8 fan, int speed)
 {
 	struct smm_regs regs = { .eax = I8K_SMM_SET_FAN, };

@@ -341,33 +350,35 @@ static int i8k_set_fan(const struct dell_smm_data *data, int fan, int speed)
 		return -EINVAL;

 	speed = (speed < 0) ? 0 : ((speed > data->i8k_fan_max) ? data->i8k_fan_max : speed);
-	regs.ebx = (fan & 0xff) | (speed << 8);
+	regs.ebx = fan | (speed << 8);

 	return i8k_smm(&regs);
 }

-static int __init i8k_get_temp_type(int sensor)
+static int __init i8k_get_temp_type(u8 sensor)
 {
-	struct smm_regs regs = { .eax = I8K_SMM_GET_TEMP_TYPE, };
+	struct smm_regs regs = {
+		.eax = I8K_SMM_GET_TEMP_TYPE,
+		.ebx = sensor,
+	};

-	regs.ebx = sensor & 0xff;
 	return i8k_smm(&regs) ? : regs.eax & 0xff;
 }

 /*
  * Read the cpu temperature.
  */
-static int _i8k_get_temp(int sensor)
+static int _i8k_get_temp(u8 sensor)
 {
 	struct smm_regs regs = {
 		.eax = I8K_SMM_GET_TEMP,
-		.ebx = sensor & 0xff,
+		.ebx = sensor,
 	};

 	return i8k_smm(&regs) ? : regs.eax & 0xff;
 }

-static int i8k_get_temp(int sensor)
+static int i8k_get_temp(u8 sensor)
 {
 	int temp = _i8k_get_temp(sensor);

@@ -500,6 +511,9 @@ static long i8k_ioctl(struct file *fp, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg)
 		if (copy_from_user(&val, argp, sizeof(int)))
 			return -EFAULT;

+		if (val > U8_MAX || val < 0)
+			return -EINVAL;
+
 		val = i8k_get_fan_speed(data, val);
 		break;

@@ -507,6 +521,9 @@ static long i8k_ioctl(struct file *fp, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg)
 		if (copy_from_user(&val, argp, sizeof(int)))
 			return -EFAULT;

+		if (val > U8_MAX || val < 0)
+			return -EINVAL;
+
 		val = i8k_get_fan_status(data, val);
 		break;

@@ -517,6 +534,9 @@ static long i8k_ioctl(struct file *fp, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg)
 		if (copy_from_user(&val, argp, sizeof(int)))
 			return -EFAULT;

+		if (val > U8_MAX || val < 0)
+			return -EINVAL;
+
 		if (copy_from_user(&speed, argp + 1, sizeof(int)))
 			return -EFAULT;

@@ -924,7 +944,8 @@ static int __init dell_smm_init_hwmon(struct device *dev)
 {
 	struct dell_smm_data *data = dev_get_drvdata(dev);
 	struct device *dell_smm_hwmon_dev;
-	int i, state, err;
+	int state, err;
+	u8 i;

 	for (i = 0; i < DELL_SMM_NO_TEMP; i++) {
 		data->temp_type[i] = i8k_get_temp_type(i);
@@ -1245,7 +1266,8 @@ static int __init dell_smm_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 {
 	struct dell_smm_data *data;
 	const struct dmi_system_id *id, *fan_control;
-	int fan, ret;
+	int ret;
+	u8 fan;

 	data = devm_kzalloc(&pdev->dev, sizeof(struct dell_smm_data), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!data)
