diff --git a/google-cloud-spanner/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/spanner/spi/v1/GapicSpannerRpc.java b/google-cloud-spanner/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/spanner/spi/v1/GapicSpannerRpc.java
index 9f7eaa8e8f7..26e6101e02b 100644
--- a/google-cloud-spanner/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/spanner/spi/v1/GapicSpannerRpc.java
+++ b/google-cloud-spanner/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/spanner/spi/v1/GapicSpannerRpc.java
@@ -309,7 +309,7 @@ public GapicSpannerRpc(final SpannerOptions options) {
 
                 // Set a keepalive time of 120 seconds to help long running
                 // commit GRPC calls succeed
-                .setKeepAliveTime(Duration.ofSeconds(GRPC_KEEPALIVE_SECONDS * 1000))
+                .setKeepAliveTime(Duration.ofSeconds(GRPC_KEEPALIVE_SECONDS))
 
                 // Then check if SpannerOptions provides an InterceptorProvider. Create a default
                 // SpannerInterceptorProvider if none is provided