diff --git a/core/src/com/cloud/agent/resource/virtualnetwork/VirtualRouterDeployer.java b/core/src/com/cloud/agent/resource/virtualnetwork/VirtualRouterDeployer.java
index 07fa1fb2009..1feaaead9f0 100644
--- a/core/src/com/cloud/agent/resource/virtualnetwork/VirtualRouterDeployer.java
+++ b/core/src/com/cloud/agent/resource/virtualnetwork/VirtualRouterDeployer.java
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import com.cloud.utils.ExecutionResult;
 
 public interface VirtualRouterDeployer {
     ExecutionResult executeInVR(String routerIp, String script, String args);
+    /* timeout in seconds */
     ExecutionResult executeInVR(String routerIp, String script, String args, int timeout);
     ExecutionResult createFileInVR(String routerIp, String path, String filename, String content);
     ExecutionResult prepareCommand(NetworkElementCommand cmd);
diff --git a/plugins/hypervisors/kvm/src/com/cloud/hypervisor/kvm/resource/LibvirtComputingResource.java b/plugins/hypervisors/kvm/src/com/cloud/hypervisor/kvm/resource/LibvirtComputingResource.java
index 33d158bbda3..beb5e10fd34 100755
--- a/plugins/hypervisors/kvm/src/com/cloud/hypervisor/kvm/resource/LibvirtComputingResource.java
+++ b/plugins/hypervisors/kvm/src/com/cloud/hypervisor/kvm/resource/LibvirtComputingResource.java
@@ -331,12 +331,12 @@ public class LibvirtComputingResource extends ServerResourceBase implements Serv
 
     @Override
     public ExecutionResult executeInVR(String routerIp, String script, String args) {
-        return executeInVR(routerIp, script, args, _timeout);
+        return executeInVR(routerIp, script, args, _timeout / 1000);
     }
 
     @Override
     public ExecutionResult executeInVR(String routerIp, String script, String args, int timeout) {
-        final Script command = new Script(_routerProxyPath, timeout, s_logger);
+        final Script command = new Script(_routerProxyPath, timeout * 1000, s_logger);
         final AllLinesParser parser = new AllLinesParser();
         command.add(script);
         command.add(routerIp);