diff --git a/pkg/nimble/autoconn/nimble_autoconn.c b/pkg/nimble/autoconn/nimble_autoconn.c
index 09a4159f67..c328d82642 100644
--- a/pkg/nimble/autoconn/nimble_autoconn.c
+++ b/pkg/nimble/autoconn/nimble_autoconn.c
@@ -287,7 +287,7 @@ int nimble_autoconn_update(const nimble_autoconn_params_t *params,
     _conn_params.supervision_timeout = (params->conn_super_to / 10);
     _conn_params.min_ce_len = 0;
     _conn_params.max_ce_len = 0;
-    _conn_timeout = ((params->conn_timeout * 1000) / BLE_HCI_SCAN_ITVL);
+    _conn_timeout = params->conn_timeout;
 
     /* we use the same values to updated existing connections */
     struct ble_gap_upd_params conn_update_params;