diff --git a/drivers/isdn/gigaset/capi.c b/drivers/isdn/gigaset/capi.c
index 20ebcee9b0c0..6643d6533ccb 100644
--- a/drivers/isdn/gigaset/capi.c
+++ b/drivers/isdn/gigaset/capi.c
@@ -170,20 +170,6 @@ static inline void ignore_cstruct_param(struct cardstate *cs, _cstruct param,
 			 msgname, paramname);
 }
 
-/*
- * check for legal hex digit
- */
-static inline int ishexdigit(char c)
-{
-	if (c >= '0' && c <= '9')
-		return 1;
-	if (c >= 'A' && c <= 'F')
-		return 1;
-	if (c >= 'a' && c <= 'f')
-		return 1;
-	return 0;
-}
-
 /*
  * convert hex to binary
  */
@@ -204,7 +190,7 @@ static int encode_ie(char *in, u8 *out, int maxlen)
 {
 	int l = 0;
 	while (*in) {
-		if (!ishexdigit(in[0]) || !ishexdigit(in[1]) || l >= maxlen)
+		if (!isxdigit(in[0]) || !isxdigit(in[1]) || l >= maxlen)
 			return -1;
 		out[++l] = (hex2bin(in[0]) << 4) + hex2bin(in[1]);
 		in += 2;