diff --git a/src/Common/TimerDescriptor.cpp b/src/Common/TimerDescriptor.cpp
index 793f7ed1352..086d462eeb2 100644
--- a/src/Common/TimerDescriptor.cpp
+++ b/src/Common/TimerDescriptor.cpp
@@ -74,17 +74,24 @@ void TimerDescriptor::drain() const
     }
 }
 
-void TimerDescriptor::setRelative(Poco::Timespan timespan) const
+void TimerDescriptor::setRelative(uint64_t usec) const
 {
+    static constexpr uint32_t TIMER_PRECISION = 1e6;
+
     itimerspec spec;
     spec.it_interval.tv_nsec = 0;
     spec.it_interval.tv_sec = 0;
-    spec.it_value.tv_sec = timespan.totalSeconds();
-    spec.it_value.tv_nsec = timespan.useconds() * 1000;
+    spec.it_value.tv_sec = usec / TIMER_PRECISION;
+    spec.it_value.tv_nsec = (usec % TIMER_PRECISION) * 1'000;
 
     if (-1 == timerfd_settime(timer_fd, 0 /*relative timer */, &spec, nullptr))
         throwFromErrno("Cannot set time for timer_fd", ErrorCodes::CANNOT_SET_TIMER_PERIOD);
 }
 
+void TimerDescriptor::setRelative(Poco::Timespan timespan) const
+{
+    setRelative(timespan.totalMicroseconds());
+}
+
 }
 #endif
diff --git a/src/Common/TimerDescriptor.h b/src/Common/TimerDescriptor.h
index 30a610f37f0..8ca69344b53 100644
--- a/src/Common/TimerDescriptor.h
+++ b/src/Common/TimerDescriptor.h
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ public:
 
     void reset() const;
     void drain() const;
+    void setRelative(uint64_t usec) const;
     void setRelative(Poco::Timespan timespan) const;
 };