diff --git a/arch/um/kernel/time.c b/arch/um/kernel/time.c
index 0d0cea2ac98d5df30a308aa4468b14db3f7f681b..c3e2f369c33cae2af0c682eb5a9a32a03781e056 100644
--- a/arch/um/kernel/time.c
+++ b/arch/um/kernel/time.c
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ static irqreturn_t um_timer(int irq, void *dev)
 
 static cycle_t itimer_read(void)
 {
-	return os_nsecs();
+	return os_nsecs() / 1000;
 }
 
 static struct clocksource itimer_clocksource = {
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ static struct clocksource itimer_clocksource = {
 	.rating		= 300,
 	.read		= itimer_read,
 	.mask		= CLOCKSOURCE_MASK(64),
-	.mult		= 1,
+	.mult		= 1000,
 	.shift		= 0,
 	.flags		= CLOCK_SOURCE_IS_CONTINUOUS,
 };