diff --git a/drivers/usb/serial/ark3116.c b/drivers/usb/serial/ark3116.c
index 3b16118cbf62d7d8be032f6a243a39fd5965a5be..40e7fd94646f4bfbad247c486bc8659dad6d8f0a 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/serial/ark3116.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/serial/ark3116.c
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
 #define DRIVER_NAME "ark3116"
 
 /* usb timeout of 1 second */
-#define ARK_TIMEOUT (1*HZ)
+#define ARK_TIMEOUT 1000
 
 static const struct usb_device_id id_table[] = {
 	{ USB_DEVICE(0x6547, 0x0232) },