diff --git a/src/nm-initrd-generator/nm-initrd-generator.h b/src/nm-initrd-generator/nm-initrd-generator.h
index 56dcfd68f3..534edcb783 100644
--- a/src/nm-initrd-generator/nm-initrd-generator.h
+++ b/src/nm-initrd-generator/nm-initrd-generator.h
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 #include "nm-connection.h"
 #include "nm-utils.h"
 
-#define NMI_WAIT_DEVICE_TIMEOUT_MS 60000
+#define NMI_WAIT_DEVICE_TIMEOUT_MSEC 60000
 
 static inline int
 get_ip_address_family(const char *str, gboolean with_prefix)
diff --git a/src/nm-initrd-generator/nmi-cmdline-reader.c b/src/nm-initrd-generator/nmi-cmdline-reader.c
index 799fd5dcc0..0a7e0d64e2 100644
--- a/src/nm-initrd-generator/nmi-cmdline-reader.c
+++ b/src/nm-initrd-generator/nmi-cmdline-reader.c
@@ -1062,7 +1062,7 @@ connection_set_needed(NMConnection *connection)
 
     g_object_set(s_con,
                  NM_SETTING_CONNECTION_WAIT_DEVICE_TIMEOUT,
-                 (int) NMI_WAIT_DEVICE_TIMEOUT_MS,
+                 (int) NMI_WAIT_DEVICE_TIMEOUT_MSEC,
                  NULL);
 }
 
diff --git a/src/nm-initrd-generator/tests/test-cmdline-reader.c b/src/nm-initrd-generator/tests/test-cmdline-reader.c
index 5cb11e872a..d526a3b76c 100644
--- a/src/nm-initrd-generator/tests/test-cmdline-reader.c
+++ b/src/nm-initrd-generator/tests/test-cmdline-reader.c
@@ -702,7 +702,7 @@ test_multiple_bootdev(void)
     g_assert(s_con);
     g_assert_cmpint(nm_setting_connection_get_wait_device_timeout(s_con),
                     ==,
-                    NMI_WAIT_DEVICE_TIMEOUT_MS);
+                    NMI_WAIT_DEVICE_TIMEOUT_MSEC);
     s_ip4 = nm_connection_get_setting_ip4_config(connection);
     g_assert(s_ip4);
     g_assert_cmpstr(nm_setting_ip_config_get_method(s_ip4), ==, NM_SETTING_IP4_CONFIG_METHOD_AUTO);
@@ -744,7 +744,7 @@ test_bootdev(void)
     g_assert_cmpstr(nm_setting_connection_get_interface_name(s_con), ==, "ens3");
     g_assert_cmpint(nm_setting_connection_get_wait_device_timeout(s_con),
                     ==,
-                    NMI_WAIT_DEVICE_TIMEOUT_MS);
+                    NMI_WAIT_DEVICE_TIMEOUT_MSEC);
 
     connection = g_hash_table_lookup(connections, "vlan2");
     nmtst_assert_connection_verifies_without_normalization(connection);
@@ -1922,7 +1922,7 @@ test_neednet(void)
     g_assert_cmpstr(nm_setting_connection_get_interface_name(s_con), ==, "eno1");
     g_assert_cmpint(nm_setting_connection_get_wait_device_timeout(s_con),
                     ==,
-                    NMI_WAIT_DEVICE_TIMEOUT_MS);
+                    NMI_WAIT_DEVICE_TIMEOUT_MSEC);
 
     connection = g_hash_table_lookup(connections, "eno2");
     nmtst_assert_connection_verifies_without_normalization(connection);
@@ -1931,7 +1931,7 @@ test_neednet(void)
     g_assert_cmpstr(nm_setting_connection_get_interface_name(s_con), ==, "eno2");
     g_assert_cmpint(nm_setting_connection_get_wait_device_timeout(s_con),
                     ==,
-                    NMI_WAIT_DEVICE_TIMEOUT_MS);
+                    NMI_WAIT_DEVICE_TIMEOUT_MSEC);
 
     connection = g_hash_table_lookup(connections, "eno3");
     nmtst_assert_connection_verifies_without_normalization(connection);
@@ -1940,7 +1940,7 @@ test_neednet(void)
     g_assert_cmpstr(nm_setting_connection_get_interface_name(s_con), ==, "eno3");
     g_assert_cmpint(nm_setting_connection_get_wait_device_timeout(s_con),
                     ==,
-                    NMI_WAIT_DEVICE_TIMEOUT_MS);
+                    NMI_WAIT_DEVICE_TIMEOUT_MSEC);
 
     connection = g_hash_table_lookup(connections, "br0");
     nmtst_assert_connection_verifies_without_normalization(connection);