diff --git a/drivers/staging/comedi/drivers/skel.c b/drivers/staging/comedi/drivers/skel.c
index e800e73738ee2a726c93e2184f01f9a8b22d53b7..a4933683a5758a6cfcbf660f440f1540890fe084 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/comedi/drivers/skel.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/comedi/drivers/skel.c
@@ -141,6 +141,29 @@ static int skel_ns_to_timer(unsigned int *ns, int round)
 	return *ns;
 }
 
+/*
+ * This function doesn't require a particular form, this is just
+ * what happens to be used in some of the drivers. The comedi_timeout()
+ * helper uses this callback to check for the end-of-conversion while
+ * waiting for up to 1 second. This function should return 0 when the
+ * conversion is finished and -EBUSY to keep waiting. Any other errno
+ * will terminate comedi_timeout() and return that errno to the caller.
+ * If the timeout occurs, comedi_timeout() will return -ETIMEDOUT.
+ */
+static int skel_ai_eoc(struct comedi_device *dev,
+		       struct comedi_subdevice *s,
+		       struct comedi_insn *insn,
+		       unsigned long context)
+{
+	unsigned int status;
+
+	/* status = inb(dev->iobase + SKEL_STATUS); */
+	status = 1;
+	if (status)
+		return 0;
+	return -EBUSY;
+}
+
 /*
  * "instructions" read/write data in "one-shot" or "software-triggered"
  * mode.
@@ -149,9 +172,9 @@ static int skel_ai_rinsn(struct comedi_device *dev, struct comedi_subdevice *s,
 			 struct comedi_insn *insn, unsigned int *data)
 {
 	const struct skel_board *thisboard = comedi_board(dev);
-	int n, i;
+	int n;
 	unsigned int d;
-	unsigned int status;
+	int ret;
 
 	/* a typical programming sequence */
 
@@ -165,17 +188,11 @@ static int skel_ai_rinsn(struct comedi_device *dev, struct comedi_subdevice *s,
 		/* trigger conversion */
 		/* outw(0,dev->iobase + SKEL_CONVERT); */
 
-#define TIMEOUT 100
 		/* wait for conversion to end */
-		for (i = 0; i < TIMEOUT; i++) {
-			status = 1;
-			/* status = inb(dev->iobase + SKEL_STATUS); */
-			if (status)
-				break;
-		}
-		if (i == TIMEOUT) {
+		ret = comedi_timeout(dev, s, insn, skel_ai_eoc, 0);
+		if (ret) {
 			dev_warn(dev->class_dev, "ai timeout\n");
-			return -ETIMEDOUT;
+			return ret;
 		}
 
 		/* read data */