diff --git a/sound/usb/caiaq/audio.c b/sound/usb/caiaq/audio.c
index 4981753652a7fe5274373efe62e8f44c27f796ee..e62a4ea1d19cbaa544bf30b0c625d8d0170a0956 100644
--- a/sound/usb/caiaq/audio.c
+++ b/sound/usb/caiaq/audio.c
@@ -174,14 +174,6 @@ static int snd_usb_caiaq_pcm_hw_free(struct snd_pcm_substream *sub)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-/* this should probably go upstream */
-#if SNDRV_PCM_RATE_5512 != 1 << 0 || SNDRV_PCM_RATE_192000 != 1 << 12
-#error "Change this table"
-#endif
-
-static const unsigned int rates[] = { 5512, 8000, 11025, 16000, 22050, 32000, 44100,
-				48000, 64000, 88200, 96000, 176400, 192000 };
-
 static int snd_usb_caiaq_pcm_prepare(struct snd_pcm_substream *substream)
 {
 	int bytes_per_sample, bpp, ret, i;
@@ -233,10 +225,7 @@ static int snd_usb_caiaq_pcm_prepare(struct snd_pcm_substream *substream)
 
 	/* the first client that opens a stream defines the sample rate
 	 * setting for all subsequent calls, until the last client closed. */
-	for (i=0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(rates); i++)
-		if (runtime->rate == rates[i])
-			cdev->pcm_info.rates = 1 << i;
-
+	cdev->pcm_info.rates = snd_pcm_rate_to_rate_bit(runtime->rate);
 	snd_pcm_limit_hw_rates(runtime);
 
 	bytes_per_sample = BYTES_PER_SAMPLE;