diff --git a/drivers/staging/comedi/drivers/gsc_hpdi.c b/drivers/staging/comedi/drivers/gsc_hpdi.c
index bae4e9709135..22333c1ad88c 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/comedi/drivers/gsc_hpdi.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/comedi/drivers/gsc_hpdi.c
@@ -410,6 +410,8 @@ static int gsc_hpdi_cmd_test(struct comedi_device *dev,
 
 	/* Step 3: check if arguments are trivially valid */
 
+	err |= cfc_check_trigger_arg_is(&cmd->start_arg, 0);
+
 	if (!cmd->chanlist_len || !cmd->chanlist) {
 		cmd->chanlist_len = 32;
 		err |= -EINVAL;