diff --git a/fs/nfs/nfs4sysctl.c b/fs/nfs/nfs4sysctl.c
index 0fbd3ab1be22..44a7bbbf92f8 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/nfs4sysctl.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/nfs4sysctl.c
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ static struct ctl_table nfs4_cb_sysctls[] = {
 		.data = &nfs_idmap_cache_timeout,
 		.maxlen = sizeof(int),
 		.mode = 0644,
-		.proc_handler = proc_dointvec_jiffies,
+		.proc_handler = proc_dointvec,
 	},
 	{ }
 };