diff --git a/drivers/staging/rts5208/rtsx.c b/drivers/staging/rts5208/rtsx.c
index d64b6ed9c0c9..1bcadba07fd0 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/rts5208/rtsx.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/rts5208/rtsx.c
@@ -537,7 +537,7 @@ static int rtsx_polling_thread(void *__dev)
 	for (;;) {
 
 		set_current_state(TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE);
-		schedule_timeout(POLLING_INTERVAL);
+		schedule_timeout(msecs_to_jiffies(POLLING_INTERVAL));
 
 		/* lock the device pointers */
 		mutex_lock(&(dev->dev_mutex));