diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp_timer.c b/net/ipv4/tcp_timer.c
index 27a667bce806..c4a35ba7f8ed 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp_timer.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_timer.c
@@ -341,7 +341,8 @@ static void tcp_probe_timer(struct sock *sk)
 	if (!start_ts)
 		tcp_send_head(sk)->skb_mstamp = tp->tcp_mstamp;
 	else if (icsk->icsk_user_timeout &&
-		 (s32)(tcp_time_stamp(tp) - start_ts) > icsk->icsk_user_timeout)
+		 (s32)(tcp_time_stamp(tp) - start_ts) >
+		 jiffies_to_msecs(icsk->icsk_user_timeout))
 		goto abort;
 
 	max_probes = sock_net(sk)->ipv4.sysctl_tcp_retries2;