1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/src/fileio.c b/src/fileio.c
index 978a373d39b..2f1d2f82433 100644
--- a/src/fileio.c
+++ b/src/fileio.c
@@ -5682,8 +5682,8 @@ in `current-time' or an integer flag as returned by `visited-file-modtime'.  */)
       struct timespec mtime;
       if (FIXNUMP (time_flag))
         {
-          CHECK_RANGED_INTEGER (time_flag, -1, 0);
-          mtime = make_timespec (0, UNKNOWN_MODTIME_NSECS - XFIXNUM (time_flag));
+          int flag = check_integer_range (time_flag, -1, 0);
+          mtime = make_timespec (0, UNKNOWN_MODTIME_NSECS - flag);
         }
       else
         mtime = lisp_time_argument (time_flag);