diff --git a/src/daemon/rpmostreed-daemon.c b/src/daemon/rpmostreed-daemon.c
index 212369d60b..24d5f0cdc2 100644
--- a/src/daemon/rpmostreed-daemon.c
+++ b/src/daemon/rpmostreed-daemon.c
@@ -392,7 +392,7 @@ update_status (RpmostreedDaemon *self)
 
       g_assert (currently_idle && self->idle_exit_source);
       sd_notifyf (0, "STATUS=clients=%u; idle exit in %" G_GUINT64_FORMAT " seconds", n_clients,
-                  timeout_micros / 1000);
+                  timeout_micros / G_USEC_PER_SEC);
     }
 }