diff --git a/BasiliskII/src/slirp/slirp.c b/BasiliskII/src/slirp/slirp.c
index f9de16a6..dc8a566a 100644
--- a/BasiliskII/src/slirp/slirp.c
+++ b/BasiliskII/src/slirp/slirp.c
@@ -333,8 +333,8 @@ int slirp_select_fill(int *pnfds,
 	 * Adjust the timeout to make the minimum timeout
 	 * 2ms (XXX?) to lessen the CPU load
 	 */
-	if (timeout < FAST_TIMO)
-		timeout = FAST_TIMO;
+	if (timeout < (FAST_TIMO * 1000))
+		timeout = FAST_TIMO * 1000;
 
 	return timeout;
 }