diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-omap2/cpuidle34xx.c b/arch/arm/mach-omap2/cpuidle34xx.c
index a26d6a08ae3f..12f0cbfc2894 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-omap2/cpuidle34xx.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-omap2/cpuidle34xx.c
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ static int omap3_enter_idle(struct cpuidle_device *dev,
 	local_irq_enable();
 	local_fiq_enable();
 
-	return (u32)timespec_to_ns(&ts_idle)/1000;
+	return ts_idle.tv_nsec / NSEC_PER_USEC + ts_idle.tv_sec * USEC_PER_SEC;
 }
 
 /**