diff --git a/block/blk-mq.c b/block/blk-mq.c
index f53779692c77..7d842db59699 100644
--- a/block/blk-mq.c
+++ b/block/blk-mq.c
@@ -1998,7 +1998,7 @@ struct request_queue *blk_mq_init_allocated_queue(struct blk_mq_tag_set *set,
 		goto err_hctxs;
 
 	setup_timer(&q->timeout, blk_mq_rq_timer, (unsigned long) q);
-	blk_queue_rq_timeout(q, set->timeout ? set->timeout : 30000);
+	blk_queue_rq_timeout(q, set->timeout ? set->timeout : 30 * HZ);
 
 	q->nr_queues = nr_cpu_ids;
 	q->nr_hw_queues = set->nr_hw_queues;