diff --git a/src/solrj/org/apache/solr/client/solrj/impl/LBHttpSolrServer.java b/src/solrj/org/apache/solr/client/solrj/impl/LBHttpSolrServer.java
index 5b3e26adb5e..6d1c8985157 100644
--- a/src/solrj/org/apache/solr/client/solrj/impl/LBHttpSolrServer.java
+++ b/src/solrj/org/apache/solr/client/solrj/impl/LBHttpSolrServer.java
@@ -286,7 +286,7 @@ public class LBHttpSolrServer extends SolrServer {
           aliveCheckExecutor = Executors.newSingleThreadScheduledExecutor();
           aliveCheckExecutor.scheduleAtFixedRate(
                   getAliveCheckRunner(new WeakReference<LBHttpSolrServer>(this)),
-                  this.interval, this.interval, TimeUnit.SECONDS);
+                  this.interval, this.interval, TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS);
         }
       }
     }
diff --git a/src/test/org/apache/solr/client/solrj/TestLBHttpSolrServer.java b/src/test/org/apache/solr/client/solrj/TestLBHttpSolrServer.java
index a5730537158..dd40267c8ce 100644
--- a/src/test/org/apache/solr/client/solrj/TestLBHttpSolrServer.java
+++ b/src/test/org/apache/solr/client/solrj/TestLBHttpSolrServer.java
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ public class TestLBHttpSolrServer extends TestCase {
       s[i] = solr[i].getUrl();
     }
     LBHttpSolrServer lbHttpSolrServer = new LBHttpSolrServer(httpClient, s);
-    lbHttpSolrServer.setAliveCheckInterval(1);
+    lbHttpSolrServer.setAliveCheckInterval(1000);
     SolrQuery solrQuery = new SolrQuery("*:*");
     Set<String> names = new HashSet<String>();
     QueryResponse resp = null;
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ public class TestLBHttpSolrServer extends TestCase {
 
   public void testTwoServers() throws Exception {
     LBHttpSolrServer lbHttpSolrServer = new LBHttpSolrServer(httpClient, solr[0].getUrl(), solr[1].getUrl());
-    lbHttpSolrServer.setAliveCheckInterval(1);
+    lbHttpSolrServer.setAliveCheckInterval(1000);
     SolrQuery solrQuery = new SolrQuery("*:*");
     Set<String> names = new HashSet<String>();
     QueryResponse resp = null;