diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_guc_submit.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_guc_submit.c
index 9d5e3afef505..bd1079aa8849 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_guc_submit.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_guc_submit.c
@@ -1216,7 +1216,7 @@ static int guc_exec_queue_init(struct xe_exec_queue *q)
 	init_waitqueue_head(&ge->suspend_wait);
 
 	timeout = (q->vm && xe_vm_in_lr_mode(q->vm)) ? MAX_SCHEDULE_TIMEOUT :
-		  q->sched_props.job_timeout_ms;
+		  msecs_to_jiffies(q->sched_props.job_timeout_ms);
 	err = xe_sched_init(&ge->sched, &drm_sched_ops, &xe_sched_ops,
 			    get_submit_wq(guc),
 			    q->lrc[0].ring.size / MAX_JOB_SIZE_BYTES, 64,