diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index 9c9e763bfe0e..df8097b8e286 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -4140,7 +4140,8 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(netdev_max_backlog);
 
 int netdev_tstamp_prequeue __read_mostly = 1;
 int netdev_budget __read_mostly = 300;
-unsigned int __read_mostly netdev_budget_usecs = 2000;
+/* Must be at least 2 jiffes to guarantee 1 jiffy timeout */
+unsigned int __read_mostly netdev_budget_usecs = 2 * USEC_PER_SEC / HZ;
 int weight_p __read_mostly = 64;           /* old backlog weight */
 int dev_weight_rx_bias __read_mostly = 1;  /* bias for backlog weight */
 int dev_weight_tx_bias __read_mostly = 1;  /* bias for output_queue quota */