diff --git a/components/compositing/scrolling.rs b/components/compositing/scrolling.rs
index 11a0b8721f6..e9b533d9f1a 100644
--- a/components/compositing/scrolling.rs
+++ b/components/compositing/scrolling.rs
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ impl ScrollingTimer {
                 Ok(ToScrollingTimerMsg::ScrollEventProcessedMsg(timestamp)) => {
                     let target = timestamp as i64 + TIMEOUT;
                     let delta_ns = target - (time::precise_time_ns() as i64);
-                    sleep_ms((delta_ns / 1000) as u32);
+                    sleep_ms((delta_ns / 1000000) as u32);
                     self.compositor_proxy.send(Msg::ScrollTimeout(timestamp));
                 }
                 Ok(ToScrollingTimerMsg::ExitMsg) | Err(_) => break,