diff --git a/fs/smb/client/fs_context.c b/fs/smb/client/fs_context.c
index c983021c406b..85b062e7f48d 100644
--- a/fs/smb/client/fs_context.c
+++ b/fs/smb/client/fs_context.c
@@ -1358,7 +1358,7 @@ static int smb3_fs_context_parse_param(struct fs_context *fc,
 		ctx->acdirmax = HZ * result.uint_32;
 		break;
 	case Opt_actimeo:
-		if (HZ * result.uint_32 > CIFS_MAX_ACTIMEO) {
+		if (result.uint_32 > CIFS_MAX_ACTIMEO / HZ) {
 			cifs_errorf(fc, "timeout too large\n");
 			goto cifs_parse_mount_err;
 		}