diff --git a/net/tipc/socket.c b/net/tipc/socket.c
index 2d93bbd2a8ed..aea951a1f805 100644
--- a/net/tipc/socket.c
+++ b/net/tipc/socket.c
@@ -504,7 +504,7 @@ static void __tipc_shutdown(struct socket *sock, int error)
 	struct sock *sk = sock->sk;
 	struct tipc_sock *tsk = tipc_sk(sk);
 	struct net *net = sock_net(sk);
-	long timeout = CONN_TIMEOUT_DEFAULT;
+	long timeout = msecs_to_jiffies(CONN_TIMEOUT_DEFAULT);
 	u32 dnode = tsk_peer_node(tsk);
 	struct sk_buff *skb;