diff --git a/src/util-time.h b/src/util-time.h
index 2cd752ed3375..bc8811356a7a 100644
--- a/src/util-time.h
+++ b/src/util-time.h
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ typedef struct {
 #define SCTIME_FROM_TIMESPEC(ts)                                                                   \
     (SCTime_t)                                                                                     \
     {                                                                                              \
-        .secs = (ts)->tv_sec, .usecs = (ts)->tv_nsec * 1000                                        \
+        .secs = (ts)->tv_sec, .usecs = (ts)->tv_nsec / 1000                                        \
     }
 
 #define SCTIME_TO_TIMEVAL(tv, t)                                                                   \