diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_clock.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_clock.c
index ba355c6b6e1fb49e1a8c313a678ca7859e73c359..cde8e8e772ec9ffdc1e836483f7320105615899b 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_clock.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_clock.c
@@ -119,7 +119,8 @@ static void mlx5e_timestamp_overflow(struct work_struct *work)
 	write_lock_irqsave(&tstamp->lock, flags);
 	timecounter_read(&tstamp->clock);
 	write_unlock_irqrestore(&tstamp->lock, flags);
-	schedule_delayed_work(&tstamp->overflow_work, tstamp->overflow_period);
+	schedule_delayed_work(&tstamp->overflow_work,
+			      msecs_to_jiffies(tstamp->overflow_period * 1000));
 }
 
 int mlx5e_hwstamp_set(struct mlx5e_priv *priv, struct ifreq *ifr)