1 files changed, 2 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/miscutils/watchdog.c b/miscutils/watchdog.c
index 9bcd4b874..75a399f24 100644
--- a/miscutils/watchdog.c
+++ b/miscutils/watchdog.c
@@ -55,6 +55,8 @@ int watchdog_main(int argc, char **argv)
         /* Use known fd # - avoid needing global 'int fd' */
         xmove_fd(xopen(argv[argc - 1], O_WRONLY), 3);
 
+        /* WDIOC_SETTIMEOUT takes seconds, not milliseconds */
+        htimer_duration = htimer_duration / 1000;
         ioctl_or_warn(3, WDIOC_SETTIMEOUT, &htimer_duration);
 #if 0
         ioctl_or_warn(3, WDIOC_GETTIMEOUT, &htimer_duration);