diff --git a/plugins/hypervisors/kvm/src/main/java/com/cloud/hypervisor/kvm/storage/KVMStorageProcessor.java b/plugins/hypervisors/kvm/src/main/java/com/cloud/hypervisor/kvm/storage/KVMStorageProcessor.java
index 52740cead278..5f771a781798 100644
--- a/plugins/hypervisors/kvm/src/main/java/com/cloud/hypervisor/kvm/storage/KVMStorageProcessor.java
+++ b/plugins/hypervisors/kvm/src/main/java/com/cloud/hypervisor/kvm/storage/KVMStorageProcessor.java
@@ -2061,7 +2061,7 @@ private void convertTheBaseFileToSnapshot(KVMPhysicalDisk baseFile, String snaps
         QemuImgFile destFile = new QemuImgFile(snapshotPath);
         destFile.setFormat(PhysicalDiskFormat.QCOW2);
 
-        QemuImg q = new QemuImg(wait);
+        QemuImg q = new QemuImg(wait * 1000);
         q.convert(srcFile, destFile, options, qemuObjects, qemuImageOpts, null, true);
     }