diff --git a/drivers/staging/comedi/drivers/quatech_daqp_cs.c b/drivers/staging/comedi/drivers/quatech_daqp_cs.c
index 0a8edb8cc190429210315722db0d12290e9581cc..b3bbec0a0d23e67498ddb60eeb07e76426522cff 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/comedi/drivers/quatech_daqp_cs.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/comedi/drivers/quatech_daqp_cs.c
@@ -373,7 +373,7 @@ static int daqp_ai_cmdtest(struct comedi_device *dev,
 			   struct comedi_subdevice *s, struct comedi_cmd *cmd)
 {
 	int err = 0;
-	int tmp;
+	unsigned int arg;
 
 	/* Step 1 : check if triggers are trivially valid */
 
@@ -435,19 +435,15 @@ static int daqp_ai_cmdtest(struct comedi_device *dev,
 	/* step 4: fix up any arguments */
 
 	if (cmd->scan_begin_src == TRIG_TIMER) {
-		tmp = cmd->scan_begin_arg;
-		daqp_ns_to_timer(&cmd->scan_begin_arg,
-				 cmd->flags & TRIG_ROUND_MASK);
-		if (tmp != cmd->scan_begin_arg)
-			err++;
+		arg = cmd->scan_begin_arg;
+		daqp_ns_to_timer(&arg, cmd->flags & TRIG_ROUND_MASK);
+		err |= cfc_check_trigger_arg_is(&cmd->scan_begin_arg, arg);
 	}
 
 	if (cmd->convert_src == TRIG_TIMER) {
-		tmp = cmd->convert_arg;
-		daqp_ns_to_timer(&cmd->convert_arg,
-				 cmd->flags & TRIG_ROUND_MASK);
-		if (tmp != cmd->convert_arg)
-			err++;
+		arg = cmd->convert_arg;
+		daqp_ns_to_timer(&arg, cmd->flags & TRIG_ROUND_MASK);
+		err |= cfc_check_trigger_arg_is(&cmd->convert_arg, arg);
 	}
 
 	if (err)