diff --git a/src/timing/timing.c b/src/timing/timing.c
index 2e3ff0df..af33d055 100644
--- a/src/timing/timing.c
+++ b/src/timing/timing.c
@@ -36,8 +36,8 @@ void timing_sleep(uint64_t sleeptime)
 {
 	struct timeval sleeper;
 
-	sleeper.tv_sec = 0;
-	sleeper.tv_usec = sleeptime * 1000;
+	sleeper.tv_sec = sleeptime / 1000;
+	sleeper.tv_usec = (sleeptime % 1000) * 1000;
 
 	/* NOTE:
 	 * This should be 0 for the first argument.  The linux manpage