diff --git a/src/libsystemd/sd-netlink/netlink-internal.h b/src/libsystemd/sd-netlink/netlink-internal.h
index 891d3e8413..0fd919407a 100644
--- a/src/libsystemd/sd-netlink/netlink-internal.h
+++ b/src/libsystemd/sd-netlink/netlink-internal.h
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 #include "prioq.h"
 #include "time-util.h"
 
-#define NETLINK_DEFAULT_TIMEOUT_USEC ((usec_t) (25 * USEC_PER_SEC))
+#define NETLINK_DEFAULT_TIMEOUT_USEC USEC_INFINITY
 
 #define NETLINK_RQUEUE_MAX 64*1024