diff --git a/net/tipc/link.c b/net/tipc/link.c
index f8bf63befe1f..66d3a07bc571 100644
--- a/net/tipc/link.c
+++ b/net/tipc/link.c
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ enum {
 	BC_NACK_SND_SUPPRESS,
 };
 
-#define TIPC_BC_RETR_LIM msecs_to_jiffies(10)   /* [ms] */
+#define TIPC_BC_RETR_LIM  (jiffies + msecs_to_jiffies(10))
 #define TIPC_UC_RETR_TIME (jiffies + msecs_to_jiffies(1))
 
 /*
@@ -976,8 +976,7 @@ int tipc_link_xmit(struct tipc_link *l, struct sk_buff_head *list,
 			__skb_queue_tail(transmq, skb);
 			/* next retransmit attempt */
 			if (link_is_bc_sndlink(l))
-				TIPC_SKB_CB(skb)->nxt_retr =
-					jiffies + TIPC_BC_RETR_LIM;
+				TIPC_SKB_CB(skb)->nxt_retr = TIPC_BC_RETR_LIM;
 			__skb_queue_tail(xmitq, _skb);
 			TIPC_SKB_CB(skb)->ackers = l->ackers;
 			l->rcv_unacked = 0;
@@ -1027,7 +1026,7 @@ static void tipc_link_advance_backlog(struct tipc_link *l,
 		__skb_queue_tail(&l->transmq, skb);
 		/* next retransmit attempt */
 		if (link_is_bc_sndlink(l))
-			TIPC_SKB_CB(skb)->nxt_retr = jiffies + TIPC_BC_RETR_LIM;
+			TIPC_SKB_CB(skb)->nxt_retr = TIPC_BC_RETR_LIM;
 
 		__skb_queue_tail(xmitq, _skb);
 		TIPC_SKB_CB(skb)->ackers = l->ackers;
@@ -1123,7 +1122,7 @@ static int tipc_link_bc_retrans(struct tipc_link *l, struct tipc_link *r,
 		if (link_is_bc_sndlink(l)) {
 			if (time_before(jiffies, TIPC_SKB_CB(skb)->nxt_retr))
 				continue;
-			TIPC_SKB_CB(skb)->nxt_retr = jiffies + TIPC_BC_RETR_LIM;
+			TIPC_SKB_CB(skb)->nxt_retr = TIPC_BC_RETR_LIM;
 		}
 		_skb = __pskb_copy(skb, LL_MAX_HEADER + MIN_H_SIZE, GFP_ATOMIC);
 		if (!_skb)