diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdkfd/kfd_device_queue_manager.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdkfd/kfd_device_queue_manager.c
index 5db82b877debef3e8c28c7c16682c3ae85b369b5..87961fe669e14dddaa0202762129cabfc78403e4 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdkfd/kfd_device_queue_manager.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdkfd/kfd_device_queue_manager.c
@@ -835,12 +835,12 @@ static int create_queue_cpsch(struct device_queue_manager *dqm, struct queue *q,
 
 int amdkfd_fence_wait_timeout(unsigned int *fence_addr,
 				unsigned int fence_value,
-				unsigned long timeout)
+				unsigned int timeout_ms)
 {
-	timeout += jiffies;
+	unsigned long end_jiffies = msecs_to_jiffies(timeout_ms) + jiffies;
 
 	while (*fence_addr != fence_value) {
-		if (time_after(jiffies, timeout)) {
+		if (time_after(jiffies, end_jiffies)) {
 			pr_err("qcm fence wait loop timeout expired\n");
 			return -ETIME;
 		}
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdkfd/kfd_priv.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdkfd/kfd_priv.h
index c71160422348822f3167978467dd7b2052456929..f37fbfd0e917e149b6e673793d086c0dd33f1de8 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdkfd/kfd_priv.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdkfd/kfd_priv.h
@@ -672,7 +672,7 @@ struct kernel_queue *pqm_get_kernel_queue(struct process_queue_manager *pqm,
 
 int amdkfd_fence_wait_timeout(unsigned int *fence_addr,
 				unsigned int fence_value,
-				unsigned long timeout);
+				unsigned int timeout_ms);
 
 /* Packet Manager */