diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp_metrics.c b/net/ipv4/tcp_metrics.c
index c8cbc2b4b792..a726d7853ce5 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp_metrics.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_metrics.c
@@ -550,7 +550,7 @@ reset:
 	 */
 	if (crtt > tp->srtt_us) {
 		/* Set RTO like tcp_rtt_estimator(), but from cached RTT. */
-		crtt /= 8 * USEC_PER_MSEC;
+		crtt /= 8 * USEC_PER_SEC / HZ;
 		inet_csk(sk)->icsk_rto = crtt + max(2 * crtt, tcp_rto_min(sk));
 	} else if (tp->srtt_us == 0) {
 		/* RFC6298: 5.7 We've failed to get a valid RTT sample from