diff --git a/firmware/console/status_loop.cpp b/firmware/console/status_loop.cpp
index ef9263d0d6..a6119ba95c 100644
--- a/firmware/console/status_loop.cpp
+++ b/firmware/console/status_loop.cpp
@@ -596,7 +596,7 @@ static void initStatusLeds(void) {
 
 static bool isTriggerErrorNow() {
 #if EFI_ENGINE_CONTROL && EFI_SHAFT_POSITION_INPUT
-	bool justHadError = (getTimeNowNt() - engine->triggerCentral.triggerState.lastDecodingErrorTime) < US2NT(MS2US(200));
+	bool justHadError = (getTimeNowNt() - engine->triggerCentral.triggerState.lastDecodingErrorTime) < MS2NT(200);
 	return justHadError || isTriggerDecoderError();
 #else
 	return false;
diff --git a/firmware/controllers/gauges/malfunction_indicator.cpp b/firmware/controllers/gauges/malfunction_indicator.cpp
index 3b33ac3f8b..bda744dade 100644
--- a/firmware/controllers/gauges/malfunction_indicator.cpp
+++ b/firmware/controllers/gauges/malfunction_indicator.cpp
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ private:
 	void PeriodicTask(efitick_t nowNt) override	{
 		UNUSED(nowNt);
 
-		if (nowNt - engine->triggerCentral.triggerState.mostRecentSyncTime < US2NT(MS2US(500))) {
+		if (nowNt - engine->triggerCentral.triggerState.mostRecentSyncTime < MS2NT(500)) {
 			enginePins.checkEnginePin.setValue(1);
 			chThdSleepMilliseconds(500);
 			enginePins.checkEnginePin.setValue(0);
diff --git a/firmware/util/efitime.h b/firmware/util/efitime.h
index fe0f7597c4..5a11e869ef 100644
--- a/firmware/util/efitime.h
+++ b/firmware/util/efitime.h
@@ -19,6 +19,9 @@
 
 #define MS2US(MS_TIME) ((MS_TIME) * 1000)
 
+// milliseconds to ticks
+#define MS2NT(msTime) US2NT(MS2US(msTime))
+
 // todo: implement a function to work with times considering counter overflow
 #define overflowDiff(now, time) ((now) - (time))