diff --git a/tools/perf/bench/sched-messaging.c b/tools/perf/bench/sched-messaging.c
index bfaf9503de8e..6a111e775210 100644
--- a/tools/perf/bench/sched-messaging.c
+++ b/tools/perf/bench/sched-messaging.c
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 #include <poll.h>
 #include <limits.h>
 #include <err.h>
+#include <linux/time64.h>
 
 #define DATASIZE 100
 
@@ -312,11 +313,11 @@ int bench_sched_messaging(int argc, const char **argv,
 		       thread_mode ? "threads" : "processes");
 		printf(" %14s: %lu.%03lu [sec]\n", "Total time",
 		       diff.tv_sec,
-		       (unsigned long) (diff.tv_usec/1000));
+		       (unsigned long) (diff.tv_usec / USEC_PER_MSEC));
 		break;
 	case BENCH_FORMAT_SIMPLE:
 		printf("%lu.%03lu\n", diff.tv_sec,
-		       (unsigned long) (diff.tv_usec/1000));
+		       (unsigned long) (diff.tv_usec / USEC_PER_MSEC));
 		break;
 	default:
 		/* reaching here is something disaster */