diff --git a/fs/nfs/nfs4sysctl.c b/fs/nfs/nfs4sysctl.c
index 0d91d84e5822..c394e4447100 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/nfs4sysctl.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/nfs4sysctl.c
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ 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,
 	},
 	{ }
 };