diff --git a/libpldmresponder/bios_config.cpp b/libpldmresponder/bios_config.cpp
index dec7b3f..e4b10c8 100644
--- a/libpldmresponder/bios_config.cpp
+++ b/libpldmresponder/bios_config.cpp
@@ -514,9 +514,7 @@
                                           "org.freedesktop.DBus.Properties",
                                           "Get");
         method.append(biosInterface, "BaseBIOSTable");
-        auto reply = bus.call(
-            method,
-            std::chrono::duration_cast<microsec>(sec(DBUS_TIMEOUT)).count());
+        auto reply = bus.call(method, dbusTimeout);
         std::variant<BaseBIOSTable> varBiosTable{};
         reply.read(varBiosTable);
         biosTable = std::get<BaseBIOSTable>(varBiosTable);