diff --git a/net/rxrpc/call_event.c b/net/rxrpc/call_event.c
index 3dee89c7a06e..6e0d788b4dc4 100644
--- a/net/rxrpc/call_event.c
+++ b/net/rxrpc/call_event.c
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ static void rxrpc_resend(struct rxrpc_call *call, unsigned long now_j)
 				       ktime_to_ns(ktime_sub(skb->tstamp, max_age)));
 	}
 
-	resend_at = nsecs_to_jiffies(ktime_to_ns(ktime_sub(oldest, now)));
+	resend_at = nsecs_to_jiffies(ktime_to_ns(ktime_sub(now, oldest)));
 	resend_at += jiffies + rxrpc_resend_timeout;
 	WRITE_ONCE(call->resend_at, resend_at);