writel((I2C_CR_FTX | I2C_CR_FRX), dev->virtbase + I2C_CR);
 
        for (i = 0; i < LOOP_ATTEMPTS; i++) {
-               timeout = jiffies + msecs_to_jiffies(dev->adap.timeout);
+               timeout = jiffies + dev->adap.timeout;
 
                while (!time_after(jiffies, timeout)) {
                        if ((readl(dev->virtbase + I2C_CR) &
                        dev->virtbase + I2C_IMSCR);
 
        timeout = wait_for_completion_interruptible_timeout(
-               &dev->xfer_complete, msecs_to_jiffies(dev->adap.timeout));
+               &dev->xfer_complete, dev->adap.timeout);
 
        if (timeout < 0) {
                dev_err(&dev->pdev->dev,
                        dev->virtbase + I2C_IMSCR);
 
        timeout = wait_for_completion_interruptible_timeout(
-               &dev->xfer_complete, msecs_to_jiffies(dev->adap.timeout));
+               &dev->xfer_complete, dev->adap.timeout);
 
        if (timeout < 0) {
                dev_err(&dev->pdev->dev,
        adap->owner     = THIS_MODULE;
        adap->class     = I2C_CLASS_HWMON | I2C_CLASS_SPD;
        adap->algo      = &nmk_i2c_algo;
-       adap->timeout   = pdata->timeout ? pdata->timeout : 20000;
+       adap->timeout   = pdata->timeout ? msecs_to_jiffies(pdata->timeout) :
+               msecs_to_jiffies(20000);
        snprintf(adap->name, sizeof(adap->name),
                 "Nomadik I2C%d at %lx", pdev->id, (unsigned long)res->start);