diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/49568-type-checking.yaml b/changelogs/fragments/49568-type-checking.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ab4bedbaa64
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/49568-type-checking.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+---
+bugfixes:
+- "nagios - Removed redundant type check which caused crashes. Guardrails added elsewhere in earlier change."
diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/monitoring/nagios.py b/lib/ansible/modules/monitoring/nagios.py
index 24cade85c90..d144ea6cb54 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/monitoring/nagios.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/monitoring/nagios.py
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ options:
     description:
       - Minutes to schedule downtime for.
       - Only usable with the C(downtime) action.
+    type: int
     default: 30
   services:
     description:
@@ -193,7 +194,6 @@ EXAMPLES = '''
     command: DISABLE_FAILURE_PREDICTION
 '''
 
-import types
 import time
 import os.path
 import stat
@@ -271,7 +271,6 @@ def main():
     action = module.params['action']
     host = module.params['host']
     servicegroup = module.params['servicegroup']
-    minutes = module.params['minutes']
     services = module.params['services']
     cmdfile = module.params['cmdfile']
     command = module.params['command']
@@ -284,7 +283,7 @@ def main():
     # command = command
     #
     # AnsibleModule will verify most stuff, we need to verify
-    # 'minutes' and 'service' manually.
+    # 'service' manually.
 
     ##################################################################
     if action not in ['command', 'silence_nagios', 'unsilence_nagios']:
@@ -295,13 +294,6 @@ def main():
         # Make sure there's an actual service selected
         if not services:
             module.fail_json(msg='no service selected to set downtime for')
-        # Make sure minutes is a number
-        try:
-            m = int(minutes)
-            if not isinstance(m, types.IntType):
-                module.fail_json(msg='minutes must be a number')
-        except Exception:
-            module.fail_json(msg='invalid entry for minutes')
 
     ######################################################################
     if action == 'delete_downtime':
@@ -315,13 +307,6 @@ def main():
         # Make sure there's an actual servicegroup selected
         if not servicegroup:
             module.fail_json(msg='no servicegroup selected to set downtime for')
-        # Make sure minutes is a number
-        try:
-            m = int(minutes)
-            if not isinstance(m, types.IntType):
-                module.fail_json(msg='minutes must be a number')
-        except Exception:
-            module.fail_json(msg='invalid entry for minutes')
 
     ##################################################################
     if action in ['enable_alerts', 'disable_alerts']:
@@ -367,7 +352,7 @@ class Nagios(object):
         self.comment = kwargs['comment']
         self.host = kwargs['host']
         self.servicegroup = kwargs['servicegroup']
-        self.minutes = int(kwargs['minutes'])
+        self.minutes = kwargs['minutes']
         self.cmdfile = kwargs['cmdfile']
         self.command = kwargs['command']