diff --git a/net/rxrpc/sendmsg.c b/net/rxrpc/sendmsg.c
index 6caa47d352ed..7498a77b5d39 100644
--- a/net/rxrpc/sendmsg.c
+++ b/net/rxrpc/sendmsg.c
@@ -699,7 +699,7 @@ int rxrpc_do_sendmsg(struct rxrpc_sock *rx, struct msghdr *msg, size_t len)
 		fallthrough;
 	case 1:
 		if (p.call.timeouts.hard > 0) {
-			j = msecs_to_jiffies(p.call.timeouts.hard);
+			j = p.call.timeouts.hard * HZ;
 			now = jiffies;
 			j += now;
 			WRITE_ONCE(call->expect_term_by, j);