diff --git a/bsp/stm32/libraries/HAL_Drivers/drv_common.c b/bsp/stm32/libraries/HAL_Drivers/drv_common.c
index c6fb516b0ea8386b4c2ebce92f1cc95e847b9a0c..d868d63dfc4639acbb20d899834de76e8e7a769b 100644
--- a/bsp/stm32/libraries/HAL_Drivers/drv_common.c
+++ b/bsp/stm32/libraries/HAL_Drivers/drv_common.c
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ void SysTick_Handler(void)
 
 uint32_t HAL_GetTick(void)
 {
-    return rt_hw_1ms_tick_get();
+    return rt_tick_get_millisecond();
 }
 
 void HAL_SuspendTick(void)
diff --git a/components/net/lwip-1.4.1/src/arch/sys_arch.c b/components/net/lwip-1.4.1/src/arch/sys_arch.c
index 0919c29e01e661bb9a3d749cbf0443bb26c68f22..2f6dbb414371d177e98dc72995400c23b9ecab93 100644
--- a/components/net/lwip-1.4.1/src/arch/sys_arch.c
+++ b/components/net/lwip-1.4.1/src/arch/sys_arch.c
@@ -618,7 +618,7 @@ u32_t sys_jiffies(void)
 
 u32_t sys_now(void)
 {
-    return rt_hw_1ms_tick_get();
+    return rt_tick_get_millisecond();
 }
 
 #ifdef RT_LWIP_PPP
diff --git a/components/net/lwip-2.0.2/src/arch/sys_arch.c b/components/net/lwip-2.0.2/src/arch/sys_arch.c
index 1404628a60cb53d13812680e666cd8658c1fded8..fbf02cad0a1ade604fd6c671e42777d9a13ed01f 100644
--- a/components/net/lwip-2.0.2/src/arch/sys_arch.c
+++ b/components/net/lwip-2.0.2/src/arch/sys_arch.c
@@ -628,7 +628,7 @@ u32_t sys_jiffies(void)
 
 u32_t sys_now(void)
 {
-    return rt_hw_1ms_tick_get();
+    return rt_tick_get_millisecond();
 }
 
 
diff --git a/components/net/lwip-2.1.2/src/arch/sys_arch.c b/components/net/lwip-2.1.2/src/arch/sys_arch.c
index 89057654408cf08da9757ddeddcf3ed4268ae3c3..a0eeed1073e88f9c8fc288f3ec2a1fae2254ff02 100644
--- a/components/net/lwip-2.1.2/src/arch/sys_arch.c
+++ b/components/net/lwip-2.1.2/src/arch/sys_arch.c
@@ -642,7 +642,7 @@ u32_t sys_jiffies(void)
 
 u32_t sys_now(void)
 {
-    return rt_hw_1ms_tick_get();
+    return rt_tick_get_millisecond();
 }
 
 #if MEM_OVERFLOW_CHECK || MEMP_OVERFLOW_CHECK
diff --git a/include/rthw.h b/include/rthw.h
index c3960350b8e01c67fee522602f825353f6f824f1..89877faf9033f0c822063b67ea067df51a9cf72b 100644
--- a/include/rthw.h
+++ b/include/rthw.h
@@ -134,11 +134,6 @@ void rt_hw_exception_install(rt_err_t (*exception_handle)(void *context));
  */
 void rt_hw_us_delay(rt_uint32_t us);
 
-/*
- * provides a tick value ALWAYS in millisecond
- */
-rt_tick_t rt_hw_1ms_tick_get(void);
-
 #ifdef RT_USING_SMP
 typedef union {
     unsigned long slock;
diff --git a/include/rtthread.h b/include/rtthread.h
index 27cfea19e09e7f049363bc394a928e15e78c2f4a..1e0094e73b1ed45f29deced20c0e50f2fee8c618 100644
--- a/include/rtthread.h
+++ b/include/rtthread.h
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ rt_tick_t rt_tick_get(void);
 void rt_tick_set(rt_tick_t tick);
 void rt_tick_increase(void);
 rt_tick_t  rt_tick_from_millisecond(rt_int32_t ms);
+rt_tick_t rt_tick_get_millisecond(void);
 
 void rt_system_timer_init(void);
 void rt_system_timer_thread_init(void);
diff --git a/src/clock.c b/src/clock.c
index 778126fb23a7505c491d7554960726dd70067fd4..24456fb23ddf5ea0a8633d4aca1656ecca69ea9c 100644
--- a/src/clock.c
+++ b/src/clock.c
@@ -118,14 +118,14 @@ rt_tick_t rt_tick_from_millisecond(rt_int32_t ms)
 RTM_EXPORT(rt_tick_from_millisecond);
 
 /**
- * This function provides a tick value ALWAYS in millisecond
+ * This function will provide the passed millisecond from boot.
  *
- * @return 1ms-based tick
+ * @return passed millisecond from boot
  */
-RT_WEAK rt_tick_t rt_hw_1ms_tick_get(void)
+RT_WEAK rt_tick_t rt_tick_get_millisecond(void)
 {
-#if 1000 % RT_TICK_PER_SECOND == 0
-    return rt_tick_get() * (1000U / RT_TICK_PER_SECOND);
+#if 1000 % RT_TICK_PER_SECOND == 0u
+    return rt_tick_get() * (1000u / RT_TICK_PER_SECOND);
 #else
     #warning "rt-thread cannot provide a correct 1ms-based tick any longer,\
     please redefine this function in another file by using a high-precision hard-timer."