diff --git a/drivers/staging/typec/tcpm.c b/drivers/staging/typec/tcpm.c
index 8af62e74d54c..f237e31926f4 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/typec/tcpm.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/typec/tcpm.c
@@ -2479,7 +2479,8 @@ static void run_state_machine(struct tcpm_port *port)
 		    tcpm_port_is_sink(port) &&
 		    time_is_after_jiffies(port->delayed_runtime)) {
 			tcpm_set_state(port, SNK_DISCOVERY,
-				       port->delayed_runtime - jiffies);
+				       jiffies_to_msecs(port->delayed_runtime -
+							jiffies));
 			break;
 		}
 		tcpm_set_state(port, unattached_state(port), 0);