diff --git a/oem/ibm/libpldmresponder/file_io_type_pel.cpp b/oem/ibm/libpldmresponder/file_io_type_pel.cpp
index 2d1c68a..3e33cc6 100644
--- a/oem/ibm/libpldmresponder/file_io_type_pel.cpp
+++ b/oem/ibm/libpldmresponder/file_io_type_pel.cpp
@@ -108,9 +108,7 @@
         auto method = bus.new_method_call(service.c_str(), logObjPath,
                                           logInterface, "GetPEL");
         method.append(fileHandle);
-        auto reply = bus.call(
-            method,
-            std::chrono::duration_cast<microsec>(sec(DBUS_TIMEOUT)).count());
+        auto reply = bus.call(method, dbusTimeout);
         sdbusplus::message::unix_fd fd{};
         reply.read(fd);
         auto rc = transferFileData(fd, true, offset, length, address);
@@ -141,9 +139,7 @@
         auto method = bus.new_method_call(service.c_str(), logObjPath,
                                           logInterface, "GetPEL");
         method.append(fileHandle);
-        auto reply = bus.call(
-            method,
-            std::chrono::duration_cast<microsec>(sec(DBUS_TIMEOUT)).count());
+        auto reply = bus.call(method, dbusTimeout);
         sdbusplus::message::unix_fd fd{};
         reply.read(fd);