diff --git a/src/system/kernel/arch/x86/timers/x86_apic.c b/src/system/kernel/arch/x86/timers/x86_apic.c
index 513319cbc8..a457a96eb9 100644
--- a/src/system/kernel/arch/x86/timers/x86_apic.c
+++ b/src/system/kernel/arch/x86/timers/x86_apic.c
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ apic_timer_interrupt(void *data)
 }
 
 
-#define MIN_TIMEOUT 1000
+#define MIN_TIMEOUT 1
 
 static status_t
 apic_set_hardware_timer(bigtime_t relativeTimeout)