diff --git a/drivers/media/video/bt8xx/bttv-cards.c b/drivers/media/video/bt8xx/bttv-cards.c
index 2aea09c720937962fa8613c2f887cfcd9a3723bc..387cb2122d4f0061d1e964d0c7ecf8ce3fa42839 100644
--- a/drivers/media/video/bt8xx/bttv-cards.c
+++ b/drivers/media/video/bt8xx/bttv-cards.c
@@ -4209,7 +4209,7 @@ static int tea5757_read(struct bttv *btv)
 	bus_low(btv,btv->mbox_clk);
 
 	udelay(10);
-	timeout= jiffies + HZ;
+	timeout= jiffies + msecs_to_jiffies(1000);
 
 	/* wait for DATA line to go low; error if it doesn't */
 	while (bus_in(btv,btv->mbox_data) && time_before(jiffies, timeout))
diff --git a/drivers/media/video/bt8xx/bttv-input.c b/drivers/media/video/bt8xx/bttv-input.c
index 94a13d0ee61484d994f142da2d49d188ccf28d61..4201552bc3c0689393e127ddaacfe51dfec0baef 100644
--- a/drivers/media/video/bt8xx/bttv-input.c
+++ b/drivers/media/video/bt8xx/bttv-input.c
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ static void bttv_ir_start(struct bttv *btv, struct card_ir *ir)
 {
 	if (ir->polling) {
 		setup_timer(&ir->timer, bttv_input_timer, (unsigned long)btv);
-		ir->timer.expires  = jiffies + HZ;
+		ir->timer.expires  = jiffies + msecs_to_jiffies(1000);
 		add_timer(&ir->timer);
 	} else if (ir->rc5_gpio) {
 		/* set timer_end for code completion */
diff --git a/drivers/media/video/bt8xx/bttvp.h b/drivers/media/video/bt8xx/bttvp.h
index bd85f6d0fbe3f32d03f28fe103a9698138877998..5b25faca150411f7b227622b8e9327d77d2bfc89 100644
--- a/drivers/media/video/bt8xx/bttvp.h
+++ b/drivers/media/video/bt8xx/bttvp.h
@@ -284,8 +284,8 @@ extern int fini_bttv_i2c(struct bttv *btv);
 #define d2printk if (bttv_debug >= 2) printk
 
 #define BTTV_MAX_FBUF   0x208000
-#define BTTV_TIMEOUT    (HZ/2) /* 0.5 seconds */
-#define BTTV_FREE_IDLE  (HZ)   /* one second */
+#define BTTV_TIMEOUT    msecs_to_jiffies(500)    /* 0.5 seconds */
+#define BTTV_FREE_IDLE  msecs_to_jiffies(1000)   /* one second */
 
 
 struct bttv_pll_info {
diff --git a/drivers/media/video/cx88/cx88.h b/drivers/media/video/cx88/cx88.h
index c4f656ec46b04b1faeaf09ddc7342135f0d4a371..809126866a3e7dedae36de969c3543b9e448e18f 100644
--- a/drivers/media/video/cx88/cx88.h
+++ b/drivers/media/video/cx88/cx88.h
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@ struct cx88_subid {
 #define RESOURCE_VIDEO         2
 #define RESOURCE_VBI           4
 
-#define BUFFER_TIMEOUT     (HZ/2)  /* 0.5 seconds */
+#define BUFFER_TIMEOUT     msecs_to_jiffies(500)  /* 0.5 seconds */
 
 /* buffer for one video frame */
 struct cx88_buffer {
diff --git a/drivers/media/video/saa7134/saa7134.h b/drivers/media/video/saa7134/saa7134.h
index d32a856192d742a0dfe2adcf2fce18104f30f68e..346255468dad2f478795f41ebfef86002f80e658 100644
--- a/drivers/media/video/saa7134/saa7134.h
+++ b/drivers/media/video/saa7134/saa7134.h
@@ -314,7 +314,7 @@ struct saa7134_board {
 #define INTERLACE_ON           1
 #define INTERLACE_OFF          2
 
-#define BUFFER_TIMEOUT     (HZ/2)  /* 0.5 seconds */
+#define BUFFER_TIMEOUT     msecs_to_jiffies(500)  /* 0.5 seconds */
 
 struct saa7134_dev;
 struct saa7134_dma;