diff --git a/include/libbb.h b/include/libbb.h
index e07bb52f6..11596346d 100644
--- a/include/libbb.h
+++ b/include/libbb.h
@@ -249,6 +249,7 @@ extern int *const bb_errno;
 
 unsigned long long monotonic_ns(void) FAST_FUNC;
 unsigned long long monotonic_us(void) FAST_FUNC;
+unsigned long long monotonic_ms(void) FAST_FUNC;
 unsigned monotonic_sec(void) FAST_FUNC;
 
 extern void chomp(char *s) FAST_FUNC;
diff --git a/libbb/time.c b/libbb/time.c
index 82a0fa1fa..45ae6f3a7 100644
--- a/libbb/time.c
+++ b/libbb/time.c
@@ -175,6 +175,12 @@ unsigned long long FAST_FUNC monotonic_us(void)
 	get_mono(&ts);
 	return ts.tv_sec * 1000000ULL + ts.tv_nsec/1000;
 }
+unsigned long long FAST_FUNC monotonic_ms(void)
+{
+	struct timespec ts;
+	get_mono(&ts);
+	return ts.tv_sec * 1000ULL + ts.tv_nsec/1000000;
+}
 unsigned FAST_FUNC monotonic_sec(void)
 {
 	struct timespec ts;
@@ -196,6 +202,12 @@ unsigned long long FAST_FUNC monotonic_us(void)
 	gettimeofday(&tv, NULL);
 	return tv.tv_sec * 1000000ULL + tv.tv_usec;
 }
+unsigned long long FAST_FUNC monotonic_ms(void)
+{
+	struct timeval tv;
+	gettimeofday(&tv, NULL);
+	return tv.tv_sec * 1000ULL + tv.tv_usec / 1000;
+}
 unsigned FAST_FUNC monotonic_sec(void)
 {
 	return time(NULL);
diff --git a/miscutils/time.c b/miscutils/time.c
index 342173609..5ea0f064b 100644
--- a/miscutils/time.c
+++ b/miscutils/time.c
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ static void resuse_end(pid_t pid, resource_t *resp)
 			return;
 		}
 	}
-	resp->elapsed_ms = (monotonic_us() / 1000) - resp->elapsed_ms;
+	resp->elapsed_ms = monotonic_ms() - resp->elapsed_ms;
 }
 
 static void printargv(char *const *argv)
@@ -371,7 +371,7 @@ static void run_command(char *const *cmd, resource_t *resp)
 	void (*interrupt_signal)(int);
 	void (*quit_signal)(int);
 
-	resp->elapsed_ms = monotonic_us() / 1000;
+	resp->elapsed_ms = monotonic_ms();
 	pid = vfork();		/* Run CMD as child process.  */
 	if (pid < 0)
 		bb_perror_msg_and_die("fork");
diff --git a/networking/udhcp/arpping.c b/networking/udhcp/arpping.c
index 4af8534bd..548796e2b 100644
--- a/networking/udhcp/arpping.c
+++ b/networking/udhcp/arpping.c
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ int FAST_FUNC arpping(uint32_t test_nip,
 	timeout_ms = 2000;
 	do {
 		int r;
-		unsigned prevTime = monotonic_us();
+		unsigned prevTime = monotonic_ms();
 
 		pfd[0].events = POLLIN;
 		r = safe_poll(pfd, 1, timeout_ms);
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ int FAST_FUNC arpping(uint32_t test_nip,
 				break;
 			}
 		}
-		timeout_ms -= ((unsigned)monotonic_us() - prevTime) / 1000;
+		timeout_ms -= (unsigned)monotonic_ms() - prevTime;
 	} while (timeout_ms > 0);
 
  ret:
diff --git a/shell/ash.c b/shell/ash.c
index b47f0e881..e668f41e1 100644
--- a/shell/ash.c
+++ b/shell/ash.c
@@ -12619,7 +12619,7 @@ readcmd(int argc UNUSED_PARAM, char **argv UNUSED_PARAM)
 	backslash = 0;
 #if ENABLE_ASH_READ_TIMEOUT
 	if (timeout) /* NB: ensuring end_ms is nonzero */
-		end_ms = ((unsigned)(monotonic_us() / 1000) + timeout) | 1;
+		end_ms = ((unsigned)monotonic_ms() + timeout) | 1;
 #endif
 	STARTSTACKSTR(p);
 	do {
@@ -12630,7 +12630,7 @@ readcmd(int argc UNUSED_PARAM, char **argv UNUSED_PARAM)
 			struct pollfd pfd[1];
 			pfd[0].fd = fd;
 			pfd[0].events = POLLIN;
-			timeout = end_ms - (unsigned)(monotonic_us() / 1000);
+			timeout = end_ms - (unsigned)monotonic_ms();
 			if ((int)timeout <= 0 /* already late? */
 			 || safe_poll(pfd, 1, timeout) != 1 /* no? wait... */
 			) { /* timed out! */