1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/procps/iostat.c b/procps/iostat.c
index 573419e1c..8641c2391 100644
--- a/procps/iostat.c
+++ b/procps/iostat.c
@@ -539,12 +539,12 @@ int iostat_main(int argc, char **argv)
 
         if (*argv) {
                 /* Get interval */
-                interval = xatoi_u(*argv);
+                interval = xatoi_positive(*argv);
                 count = interval ? -1 : 1;
                 argv++;
                 if (*argv)
                         /* Get count value */
-                        count = xatoi_u(*argv);
+                        count = xatoi_positive(*argv);
         }
 
         /* Allocate space for device stats */