diff --git a/mm/kmemleak.c b/mm/kmemleak.c
index 737af23f4f4e..238ab733fbea 100644
--- a/mm/kmemleak.c
+++ b/mm/kmemleak.c
@@ -1855,7 +1855,7 @@ static int kmemleak_scan_thread(void *arg)
 	 * Wait before the first scan to allow the system to fully initialize.
 	 */
 	if (first_run) {
-		signed long timeout = msecs_to_jiffies(SECS_FIRST_SCAN * 1000);
+		signed long timeout = secs_to_jiffies(SECS_FIRST_SCAN);
 		first_run = 0;
 		while (timeout && !kthread_should_stop())
 			timeout = schedule_timeout_interruptible(timeout);
@@ -2241,7 +2241,7 @@ void __init kmemleak_init(void)
 		return;
 
 	jiffies_min_age = msecs_to_jiffies(MSECS_MIN_AGE);
-	jiffies_scan_wait = msecs_to_jiffies(SECS_SCAN_WAIT * 1000);
+	jiffies_scan_wait = secs_to_jiffies(SECS_SCAN_WAIT);
 
 	object_cache = KMEM_CACHE(kmemleak_object, SLAB_NOLEAKTRACE);
 	scan_area_cache = KMEM_CACHE(kmemleak_scan_area, SLAB_NOLEAKTRACE);