diff --git a/net/mptcp/pm_netlink.c b/net/mptcp/pm_netlink.c
index 3f28bcd15fff..f2e1323413c3 100644
--- a/net/mptcp/pm_netlink.c
+++ b/net/mptcp/pm_netlink.c
@@ -338,7 +338,7 @@ static void mptcp_pm_add_timer(struct timer_list *timer)
 	}
 
 	if (mptcp_pm_should_add_signal_addr(msk)) {
-		sk_reset_timer(sk, timer, jiffies + TCP_RTO_MAX / 8);
+		sk_reset_timer(sk, timer, jiffies + HZ);
 		goto out;
 	}