diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 7a6efd08..52d5b7be 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -82,6 +82,8 @@
 * Scrollback search matches not being highlighted correctly, on
   compositors that does now allow Wayland buffer re-use
   (e.g. KDE/plasma).
+* Nanosecs "overflow" when calculating timeout value for
+  `resize-delay-ms` option.
 
 [1173]: https://codeberg.org/dnkl/foot/issues/1173
 
diff --git a/render.c b/render.c
index b285b120..f14911d4 100644
--- a/render.c
+++ b/render.c
@@ -3716,7 +3716,10 @@ send_dimensions_to_client(struct terminal *term)
         if (fd >= 0) {
             /* Reset timeout */
             const struct itimerspec timeout = {
-                .it_value = {.tv_sec = 0, .tv_nsec = delay_ms * 1000000},
+                .it_value = {
+                    .tv_sec = delay_ms / 1000,
+                    .tv_nsec = (delay_ms % 1000) * 1000000,
+                },
             };
 
             if (timerfd_settime(fd, 0, &timeout, NULL) < 0) {