diff --git a/lib/isccfg/check.c b/lib/isccfg/check.c
index ca726b737f..4e690b9d99 100644
--- a/lib/isccfg/check.c
+++ b/lib/isccfg/check.c
@@ -1999,19 +1999,7 @@ check_options(const cfg_obj_t *options, const cfg_obj_t *config,
 		}
 	}
 
-	obj = NULL;
-	(void)cfg_map_get(options, "max-query-restarts", &obj);
-	if (obj != NULL) {
-		uint32_t restarts = cfg_obj_asuint32(obj);
-		if (restarts == 0 || restarts > 255) {
-			cfg_obj_log(obj, ISC_LOG_ERROR,
-				    "'max-query-restarts' is out of "
-				    "range 1..255)");
-			if (result == ISC_R_SUCCESS) {
-				result = ISC_R_RANGE;
-			}
-		}
-	}
+	check_range_uint32(options, &result, "max-query-restarts", 1, 255);
 
 	obj = NULL;
 	(void)cfg_map_get(options, "prefetch", &obj);