diff --git a/src/cyclictest/cyclictest.c b/src/cyclictest/cyclictest.c
index 95bdfc3..c3c671c 100644
--- a/src/cyclictest/cyclictest.c
+++ b/src/cyclictest/cyclictest.c
@@ -1289,9 +1289,9 @@
 		case OPT_ALIGNED:
 			aligned=1;
 			if (optarg != NULL)
-				offset = atoi(optarg);
+				offset = atoi(optarg) * 1000;
 			else if (optind<argc && atoi(argv[optind]))
-				offset = atoi(argv[optind]);
+				offset = atoi(argv[optind]) * 1000;
 			else
 				offset = 0;
 			break;