diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/LockOptions.java b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/LockOptions.java
index a25fc84b71..7593d1c9f9 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/LockOptions.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/LockOptions.java
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ public class LockOptions implements Serializable {
 	 * <p/>
 	 * See {@link #getTimeOut} for a discussion of meaning.
 	 *
-	 * @param timeout The new timeout setting.
+	 * @param timeout The new timeout setting, in milliseconds
 	 *
 	 * @return this (for method chaining).
 	 *
diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/dialect/MariaDB103Dialect.java b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/dialect/MariaDB103Dialect.java
index 808d124824..f95ef92872 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/dialect/MariaDB103Dialect.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/dialect/MariaDB103Dialect.java
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@
  */
 package org.hibernate.dialect;
 
+import java.time.Duration;
+
 import org.hibernate.LockOptions;
 import org.hibernate.dialect.function.StandardSQLFunction;
 import org.hibernate.tool.schema.extract.internal.SequenceInformationExtractorMariaDBDatabaseImpl;
@@ -72,7 +74,7 @@ public class MariaDB103Dialect extends MariaDB102Dialect {
 		}
 
 		if ( timeout > 0 ) {
-			return getForUpdateString() + " wait " + timeout;
+			return getForUpdateString() + " wait " + getLockWaitTimeoutInSeconds( timeout );
 		}
 
 		return getForUpdateString();
@@ -88,4 +90,9 @@ public class MariaDB103Dialect extends MariaDB102Dialect {
 		return getForUpdateString( aliases ) + " nowait";
 	}
 
+	private static long getLockWaitTimeoutInSeconds(int timeoutInMilliseconds) {
+		Duration duration = Duration.ofMillis( timeoutInMilliseconds );
+		return duration.getSeconds();
+	}
+
 }