diff --git a/opendnscache/lib-opendnscache/fdevent_kqueue.c b/opendnscache/lib-opendnscache/fdevent_kqueue.c
index df3d645..f77c015 100644
--- a/opendnscache/lib-opendnscache/fdevent_kqueue.c
+++ b/opendnscache/lib-opendnscache/fdevent_kqueue.c
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ fdevent_wait(int64_t deadline, int64_t now)
       timeout = 0;
   }
   timeout_ts.tv_sec = timeout / 1000;
-  timeout_ts.tv_nsec = timeout % 1000;
+  timeout_ts.tv_nsec = (timeout % 1000) * 1000000;
   if ((ready = kevent(kqueuefd, NULL, 0, t_events, events_len,
                       timeout_ts_p)) < 0
       && errno != EINTR)