diff --git a/drivers/i2c/i2c-dev.c b/drivers/i2c/i2c-dev.c
index c171988..7e13d2d 100644
--- a/drivers/i2c/i2c-dev.c
+++ b/drivers/i2c/i2c-dev.c
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@
 #include <linux/i2c.h>
 #include <linux/i2c-dev.h>
 #include <linux/smp_lock.h>
+#include <linux/jiffies.h>
 #include <asm/uaccess.h>
 
 static struct i2c_driver i2cdev_driver;
@@ -422,7 +423,10 @@
 		client->adapter->retries = arg;
 		break;
 	case I2C_TIMEOUT:
-		client->adapter->timeout = arg;
+		/* For historical reasons, user-space sets the timeout
+		 * value in units of 10 ms.
+		 */
+		client->adapter->timeout = msecs_to_jiffies(arg * 10);
 		break;
 	default:
 		/* NOTE:  returning a fault code here could cause trouble