diff --git a/iocore/io_uring/I_IO_URING.h b/iocore/io_uring/I_IO_URING.h
index 3ada7b501cc..d65741c888d 100644
--- a/iocore/io_uring/I_IO_URING.h
+++ b/iocore/io_uring/I_IO_URING.h
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ class IOUringContext
 
   void submit();
   void service();
-  void submit_and_wait(int ms);
+  void submit_and_wait(ink_hrtime delay);
 
   int register_eventfd();
 
diff --git a/iocore/io_uring/io_uring.cc b/iocore/io_uring/io_uring.cc
index c2663e2ed3b..7a2b50e5859 100644
--- a/iocore/io_uring/io_uring.cc
+++ b/iocore/io_uring/io_uring.cc
@@ -151,15 +151,14 @@ IOUringContext::service()
 }
 
 void
-IOUringContext::submit_and_wait(int ms)
+IOUringContext::submit_and_wait(ink_hrtime delay)
 {
-  ink_hrtime t              = ink_hrtime_from_msec(ms);
-  timespec ts               = ink_hrtime_to_timespec(t);
+  timespec ts               = ink_hrtime_to_timespec(delay);
   __kernel_timespec timeout = {ts.tv_sec, ts.tv_nsec};
   io_uring_cqe *cqe         = nullptr;
 
   int ret;
-  if (ms == -1) {
+  if (delay == -1) {
     ret = io_uring_submit(&ring);
   } else {
     ret = io_uring_submit_and_wait_timeout(&ring, &cqe, 1, &timeout, nullptr);
diff --git a/iocore/io_uring/unit_tests/test_diskIO.cc b/iocore/io_uring/unit_tests/test_diskIO.cc
index 9047460f79c..b5c08cdce38 100644
--- a/iocore/io_uring/unit_tests/test_diskIO.cc
+++ b/iocore/io_uring/unit_tests/test_diskIO.cc
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 
 #include "I_IO_URING.h"
 #include "tscore/ts_file.h"
+#include "tscore/ink_hrtime.h"
 
 #include <functional>
 
@@ -66,6 +67,10 @@ template <typename F> class FunctionHolderHandler : public IOUringCompletionHand
     f(c->res);
   }
 
+  std::string id() const override {
+    return "holder";
+  }
+
 private:
   F f;
 };
@@ -136,13 +141,13 @@ TEST_CASE("disk_io", "[io_uring]")
   REQUIRE(fd != -1);
 
   io_uring_write(ctx, fd, "hello", 5, [](int result) { REQUIRE(result == 5); });
-  ctx.submit_and_wait(100);
+  ctx.submit_and_wait(100*HRTIME_MSECOND);
   io_uring_close(ctx, fd, [&fd](int result) {
     REQUIRE(result == 0);
     fd = -1;
   });
 
-  ctx.submit_and_wait(100);
+  ctx.submit_and_wait(100 * HRTIME_MSECOND);
 
   REQUIRE(fd == -1);
 
@@ -155,7 +160,7 @@ TEST_CASE("disk_io", "[io_uring]")
     REQUIRE("hello"sv == std::string_view(buffer, result));
   });
 
-  ctx.submit_and_wait(100);
+  ctx.submit_and_wait(100 * HRTIME_MSECOND);
 }
 
 void
@@ -259,8 +264,8 @@ TEST_CASE("net_io", "[io_uring]")
     connected = true;
   });
 
-  ctx.submit_and_wait(1000);
+  ctx.submit_and_wait(1 * HRTIME_SECOND);
 
   REQUIRE(server.clients == 1);
   REQUIRE(connected);
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/iocore/net/IOUringNetAccept.cc b/iocore/net/IOUringNetAccept.cc
index 8aa2b3cd27d..21b9e482919 100644
--- a/iocore/net/IOUringNetAccept.cc
+++ b/iocore/net/IOUringNetAccept.cc
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ IOUringNetAccept::acceptLoopEvent(int event, void *ep)
   // setup eventfd for activity?
 
   do {
-    ctx->submit_and_wait(1000);
+    ctx->submit_and_wait(1*HRTIME_SECOND);
   } while (!TSSystemState::is_event_system_shut_down());
   Warning("Accept loop stopped!");
 
diff --git a/src/traffic_server/traffic_server.cc b/src/traffic_server/traffic_server.cc
index a5ea1a0b349..20f93d0186c 100644
--- a/src/traffic_server/traffic_server.cc
+++ b/src/traffic_server/traffic_server.cc
@@ -2234,7 +2234,7 @@ main(int /* argc ATS_UNUSED */, const char **argv)
 
   while (!TSSystemState::is_event_system_shut_down()) {
 #if TS_USE_LINUX_IO_URING == 1
-    ur->submit_and_wait(1000);
+    ur->submit_and_wait(1 * HRTIME_SECOND);
 #else
     sleep(1);
 #endif