diff --git a/drivers/leds/led-class.c b/drivers/leds/led-class.c
index 131ca83f5fb3..2e495ff67856 100644
--- a/drivers/leds/led-class.c
+++ b/drivers/leds/led-class.c
@@ -145,8 +145,7 @@ static void led_remove_brightness_hw_changed(struct led_classdev *led_cdev)
 	device_remove_file(led_cdev->dev, &dev_attr_brightness_hw_changed);
 }
 
-void led_classdev_notify_brightness_hw_changed(struct led_classdev *led_cdev,
-					       enum led_brightness brightness)
+void led_classdev_notify_brightness_hw_changed(struct led_classdev *led_cdev, unsigned int brightness)
 {
 	if (WARN_ON(!led_cdev->brightness_hw_changed_kn))
 		return;
diff --git a/drivers/leds/led-core.c b/drivers/leds/led-core.c
index c4e780bdb385..8eb8054ef9c6 100644
--- a/drivers/leds/led-core.c
+++ b/drivers/leds/led-core.c
@@ -39,8 +39,7 @@ const char * const led_colors[LED_COLOR_ID_MAX] = {
 };
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(led_colors);
 
-static int __led_set_brightness(struct led_classdev *led_cdev,
-				enum led_brightness value)
+static int __led_set_brightness(struct led_classdev *led_cdev, unsigned int value)
 {
 	if (!led_cdev->brightness_set)
 		return -ENOTSUPP;
@@ -50,8 +49,7 @@ static int __led_set_brightness(struct led_classdev *led_cdev,
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static int __led_set_brightness_blocking(struct led_classdev *led_cdev,
-					 enum led_brightness value)
+static int __led_set_brightness_blocking(struct led_classdev *led_cdev, unsigned int value)
 {
 	if (!led_cdev->brightness_set_blocking)
 		return -ENOTSUPP;
@@ -240,8 +238,7 @@ void led_stop_software_blink(struct led_classdev *led_cdev)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(led_stop_software_blink);
 
-void led_set_brightness(struct led_classdev *led_cdev,
-			enum led_brightness brightness)
+void led_set_brightness(struct led_classdev *led_cdev, unsigned int brightness)
 {
 	/*
 	 * If software blink is active, delay brightness setting
@@ -253,7 +250,7 @@ void led_set_brightness(struct led_classdev *led_cdev,
 		 * work queue task to avoid problems in case we are called
 		 * from hard irq context.
 		 */
-		if (brightness == LED_OFF) {
+		if (!brightness) {
 			set_bit(LED_BLINK_DISABLE, &led_cdev->work_flags);
 			schedule_work(&led_cdev->set_brightness_work);
 		} else {
@@ -268,8 +265,7 @@ void led_set_brightness(struct led_classdev *led_cdev,
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(led_set_brightness);
 
-void led_set_brightness_nopm(struct led_classdev *led_cdev,
-			      enum led_brightness value)
+void led_set_brightness_nopm(struct led_classdev *led_cdev, unsigned int value)
 {
 	/* Use brightness_set op if available, it is guaranteed not to sleep */
 	if (!__led_set_brightness(led_cdev, value))
@@ -281,8 +277,7 @@ void led_set_brightness_nopm(struct led_classdev *led_cdev,
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(led_set_brightness_nopm);
 
-void led_set_brightness_nosleep(struct led_classdev *led_cdev,
-				enum led_brightness value)
+void led_set_brightness_nosleep(struct led_classdev *led_cdev, unsigned int value)
 {
 	led_cdev->brightness = min(value, led_cdev->max_brightness);
 
@@ -293,8 +288,7 @@ void led_set_brightness_nosleep(struct led_classdev *led_cdev,
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(led_set_brightness_nosleep);
 
-int led_set_brightness_sync(struct led_classdev *led_cdev,
-			    enum led_brightness value)
+int led_set_brightness_sync(struct led_classdev *led_cdev, unsigned int value)
 {
 	if (led_cdev->blink_delay_on || led_cdev->blink_delay_off)
 		return -EBUSY;
diff --git a/drivers/leds/leds.h b/drivers/leds/leds.h
index 2d9eb48bbed9..345062ccabda 100644
--- a/drivers/leds/leds.h
+++ b/drivers/leds/leds.h
@@ -19,10 +19,8 @@ static inline int led_get_brightness(struct led_classdev *led_cdev)
 
 void led_init_core(struct led_classdev *led_cdev);
 void led_stop_software_blink(struct led_classdev *led_cdev);
-void led_set_brightness_nopm(struct led_classdev *led_cdev,
-				enum led_brightness value);
-void led_set_brightness_nosleep(struct led_classdev *led_cdev,
-				enum led_brightness value);
+void led_set_brightness_nopm(struct led_classdev *led_cdev, unsigned int value);
+void led_set_brightness_nosleep(struct led_classdev *led_cdev, unsigned int value);
 ssize_t led_trigger_read(struct file *filp, struct kobject *kobj,
 			struct bin_attribute *attr, char *buf,
 			loff_t pos, size_t count);
diff --git a/include/linux/leds.h b/include/linux/leds.h
index 6a8d6409c993..329fd914cf24 100644
--- a/include/linux/leds.h
+++ b/include/linux/leds.h
@@ -63,8 +63,8 @@ struct led_hw_trigger_type {
 
 struct led_classdev {
 	const char		*name;
-	enum led_brightness	 brightness;
-	enum led_brightness	 max_brightness;
+	unsigned int brightness;
+	unsigned int max_brightness;
 	int			 flags;
 
 	/* Lower 16 bits reflect status */
@@ -253,8 +253,7 @@ void led_blink_set_oneshot(struct led_classdev *led_cdev,
  * software blink timer that implements blinking when the
  * hardware doesn't. This function is guaranteed not to sleep.
  */
-void led_set_brightness(struct led_classdev *led_cdev,
-			enum led_brightness brightness);
+void led_set_brightness(struct led_classdev *led_cdev, unsigned int brightness);
 
 /**
  * led_set_brightness_sync - set LED brightness synchronously
@@ -267,8 +266,7 @@ void led_set_brightness(struct led_classdev *led_cdev,
  *
  * Returns: 0 on success or negative error value on failure
  */
-int led_set_brightness_sync(struct led_classdev *led_cdev,
-			    enum led_brightness value);
+int led_set_brightness_sync(struct led_classdev *led_cdev, unsigned int value);
 
 /**
  * led_update_brightness - update LED brightness
@@ -565,7 +563,7 @@ static inline void ledtrig_cpu(enum cpu_led_event evt)
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_LEDS_BRIGHTNESS_HW_CHANGED
 void led_classdev_notify_brightness_hw_changed(
-	struct led_classdev *led_cdev, enum led_brightness brightness);
+	struct led_classdev *led_cdev, unsigned int brightness);
 #else
 static inline void led_classdev_notify_brightness_hw_changed(
 	struct led_classdev *led_cdev, enum led_brightness brightness) { }