diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_clock.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_clock.c
index 13dc388..fddcff0 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_clock.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_clock.c
@@ -67,7 +67,8 @@
 	write_lock_irqsave(&tstamp->lock, flags);
 	timecounter_read(&tstamp->clock);
 	write_unlock_irqrestore(&tstamp->lock, flags);
-	schedule_delayed_work(&tstamp->overflow_work, tstamp->overflow_period);
+	schedule_delayed_work(&tstamp->overflow_work,
+			      msecs_to_jiffies(tstamp->overflow_period * 1000));
 }
 
 int mlx5e_hwstamp_set(struct net_device *dev, struct ifreq *ifr)