struct qeth_card *card = dev_get_drvdata(dev);
        struct qeth_ipaddr *addr;
        int i, rc = 0;
+       bool enable;
 
        if (!card)
                return -EINVAL;
        }
 
        if (sysfs_streq(buf, "toggle")) {
-               card->ipato.enabled = (card->ipato.enabled)? 0 : 1;
-       } else if (sysfs_streq(buf, "1")) {
-               card->ipato.enabled = 1;
-               hash_for_each(card->ip_htable, i, addr, hnode) {
-                               if ((addr->type == QETH_IP_TYPE_NORMAL) &&
-                               qeth_l3_is_addr_covered_by_ipato(card, addr))
-                                       addr->set_flags |=
-                                       QETH_IPA_SETIP_TAKEOVER_FLAG;
-                       }
-       } else if (sysfs_streq(buf, "0")) {
-               card->ipato.enabled = 0;
-               hash_for_each(card->ip_htable, i, addr, hnode) {
-                       if (addr->set_flags &
-                       QETH_IPA_SETIP_TAKEOVER_FLAG)
-                               addr->set_flags &=
-                               ~QETH_IPA_SETIP_TAKEOVER_FLAG;
-                       }
-       } else
+               enable = !card->ipato.enabled;
+       } else if (kstrtobool(buf, &enable)) {
                rc = -EINVAL;
+               goto out;
+       }
+
+       if (card->ipato.enabled == enable)
+               goto out;
+       card->ipato.enabled = enable;
+
+       hash_for_each(card->ip_htable, i, addr, hnode) {
+               if (!enable)
+                       addr->set_flags &= ~QETH_IPA_SETIP_TAKEOVER_FLAG;
+               else if (addr->type == QETH_IP_TYPE_NORMAL &&
+                        qeth_l3_is_addr_covered_by_ipato(card, addr))
+                       addr->set_flags |= QETH_IPA_SETIP_TAKEOVER_FLAG;
+       }
 out:
        mutex_unlock(&card->conf_mutex);
        return rc ? rc : count;