diff --git a/uv-linux.c b/uv-linux.c
index 8f088043e..dc718c6de 100644
--- a/uv-linux.c
+++ b/uv-linux.c
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 #include <time.h>
 
 #undef NANOSEC
-#define NANOSEC 1000000
+#define NANOSEC 1000000000
 
 /*
  * There's probably some way to get time from Linux than gettimeofday(). What