diff --git a/common/dbconnector.cpp b/common/dbconnector.cpp
index 0e044f3e..96334780 100755
--- a/common/dbconnector.cpp
+++ b/common/dbconnector.cpp
@@ -645,39 +645,46 @@ DBConnector::DBConnector(int dbId, const RedisContext& ctx)
     select(this);
 }
 
+static struct timeval ms_to_timeval(unsigned int ms) {
+    return {
+        .tv_sec = (time_t)ms / 1000,
+        .tv_usec = ((suseconds_t)ms % 1000) * 1000
+    };
+}
+
 DBConnector::DBConnector(int dbId, const string& hostname, int port,
-                         unsigned int timeout)
+                         unsigned int timeout_ms)
     : m_dbId(dbId)
 {
-    struct timeval tv = {0, (suseconds_t)timeout * 1000};
-    struct timeval *ptv = timeout ? &tv : NULL;
+    struct timeval tv = ms_to_timeval(timeout_ms);
+    struct timeval *ptv = timeout_ms ? &tv : NULL;
     initContext(hostname.c_str(), port, ptv);
 
     select(this);
 }
 
-DBConnector::DBConnector(int dbId, const string& unixPath, unsigned int timeout)
+DBConnector::DBConnector(int dbId, const string& unixPath, unsigned int timeout_ms)
     : m_dbId(dbId)
 {
-    struct timeval tv = {0, (suseconds_t)timeout * 1000};
-    struct timeval *ptv = timeout ? &tv : NULL;
+    struct timeval tv = ms_to_timeval(timeout_ms);
+    struct timeval *ptv = timeout_ms ? &tv : NULL;
     initContext(unixPath.c_str(), ptv);
 
     select(this);
 }
 
-DBConnector::DBConnector(const string& dbName, unsigned int timeout, bool isTcpConn, const string& netns)
-    : DBConnector(dbName, timeout, isTcpConn, SonicDBKey(netns))
+DBConnector::DBConnector(const string& dbName, unsigned int timeout_ms, bool isTcpConn, const string& netns)
+    : DBConnector(dbName, timeout_ms, isTcpConn, SonicDBKey(netns))
 {
 }
 
-DBConnector::DBConnector(const string& dbName, unsigned int timeout, bool isTcpConn, const SonicDBKey &key)
+DBConnector::DBConnector(const string& dbName, unsigned int timeout_ms, bool isTcpConn, const SonicDBKey &key)
     : m_dbId(SonicDBConfig::getDbId(dbName, key))
     , m_dbName(dbName)
     , m_key(key)
 {
-    struct timeval tv = {0, (suseconds_t)timeout * 1000};
-    struct timeval *ptv = timeout ? &tv : NULL;
+    struct timeval tv = ms_to_timeval(timeout_ms);
+    struct timeval *ptv = timeout_ms ? &tv : NULL;
     if (isTcpConn)
     {
         initContext(SonicDBConfig::getDbHostname(dbName, m_key).c_str(), SonicDBConfig::getDbPort(dbName, m_key), ptv);
@@ -690,8 +697,8 @@ DBConnector::DBConnector(const string& dbName, unsigned int timeout, bool isTcpC
     select(this);
 }
 
-DBConnector::DBConnector(const string& dbName, unsigned int timeout, bool isTcpConn)
-    : DBConnector(dbName, timeout, isTcpConn, SonicDBKey())
+DBConnector::DBConnector(const string& dbName, unsigned int timeout_ms, bool isTcpConn)
+    : DBConnector(dbName, timeout_ms, isTcpConn, SonicDBKey())
 {
     // Empty constructor
 }
diff --git a/common/dbconnector.h b/common/dbconnector.h
index c5bd48ad..832983ed 100644
--- a/common/dbconnector.h
+++ b/common/dbconnector.h
@@ -213,11 +213,11 @@ class DBConnector : public RedisContext
      */
     explicit DBConnector(const DBConnector &other);
     DBConnector(int dbId, const RedisContext &ctx);
-    DBConnector(int dbId, const std::string &hostname, int port, unsigned int timeout);
-    DBConnector(int dbId, const std::string &unixPath, unsigned int timeout);
-    DBConnector(const std::string &dbName, unsigned int timeout, bool isTcpConn = false);
-    DBConnector(const std::string &dbName, unsigned int timeout, bool isTcpConn, const std::string &netns);
-    DBConnector(const std::string &dbName, unsigned int timeout, bool isTcpConn, const SonicDBKey &key);
+    DBConnector(int dbId, const std::string &hostname, int port, unsigned int timeout_ms);
+    DBConnector(int dbId, const std::string &unixPath, unsigned int timeout_ms);
+    DBConnector(const std::string &dbName, unsigned int timeout_ms, bool isTcpConn = false);
+    DBConnector(const std::string &dbName, unsigned int timeout_ms, bool isTcpConn, const std::string &netns);
+    DBConnector(const std::string &dbName, unsigned int timeout_ms, bool isTcpConn, const SonicDBKey &key);
     DBConnector& operator=(const DBConnector&) = delete;
 
     int getDbId() const;