diff --git a/daemon/ice.c b/daemon/ice.c
index 3467ed8cb..83a2ad725 100644
--- a/daemon/ice.c
+++ b/daemon/ice.c
@@ -839,7 +839,7 @@ static void __do_ice_checks(struct ice_agent *ag) {
 	if (AGENT_ISSET(ag, CONTROLLING) && !AGENT_ISSET(ag, NOMINATING) && ag->start_nominating) {
 		if (rtpe_now >= ag->start_nominating)
 			__nominate_pairs(ag);
-		next_run = timeval_us(timeval_lowest(timeval_from_us(next_run), timeval_from_us(ag->start_nominating)));
+		next_run = timeval_lowest(next_run, ag->start_nominating);
 	}
 
 	/* triggered checks are preferred */
@@ -878,7 +878,7 @@ static void __do_ice_checks(struct ice_agent *ag) {
 				g_queue_push_tail(&retransmits, pair); /* can't run check directly
 									  due to locks */
 			else
-				next_run = timeval_us(timeval_lowest(timeval_from_us(next_run), timeval_from_us(pair->retransmit)));
+				next_run = timeval_lowest(next_run, pair->retransmit);
 			continue;
 		}
 
diff --git a/lib/auxlib.h b/lib/auxlib.h
index a0a2f1dd2..d4a81bcd6 100644
--- a/lib/auxlib.h
+++ b/lib/auxlib.h
@@ -386,19 +386,12 @@ INLINE int long_cmp(long long a, long long b) {
 		return -1;
 	return 1;
 }
-__attribute__((warn_unused_result))
-INLINE int timeval_cmp(const struct timeval a, const struct timeval b) {
-	int r = long_cmp(a.tv_sec, b.tv_sec);
-	if (r != 0)
-		return r;
-	return long_cmp(a.tv_usec, b.tv_usec);
-}
 
 __attribute__((warn_unused_result))
-INLINE struct timeval timeval_lowest(const struct timeval l, const struct timeval n) {
-	if (!n.tv_sec)
+INLINE int64_t timeval_lowest(const int64_t l, const int64_t n) {
+	if (!n)
 		return l;
-	if (!l.tv_sec || timeval_cmp(l, n) == 1)
+	if (!l || l > n)
 		return n;
 	return l;
 }