diff --git a/lib/kunit/try-catch.c b/lib/kunit/try-catch.c
index 6b3d4db94077..f7825991d576 100644
--- a/lib/kunit/try-catch.c
+++ b/lib/kunit/try-catch.c
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ static unsigned long kunit_test_timeout(void)
 	 * If tests timeout due to exceeding sysctl_hung_task_timeout_secs,
 	 * the task will be killed and an oops generated.
 	 */
-	return 300 * MSEC_PER_SEC; /* 5 min */
+	return 300 * msecs_to_jiffies(MSEC_PER_SEC); /* 5 min */
 }
 
 void kunit_try_catch_run(struct kunit_try_catch *try_catch, void *context)