diff --git a/core/iwasm/common/wasm_shared_memory.c b/core/iwasm/common/wasm_shared_memory.c
index 4ae88e89..862bbe96 100644
--- a/core/iwasm/common/wasm_shared_memory.c
+++ b/core/iwasm/common/wasm_shared_memory.c
@@ -385,10 +385,8 @@ wasm_runtime_atomic_wait(WASMModuleInstanceCommon *module, void *address,
     /* condition wait start */
     os_mutex_lock(&wait_node->wait_lock);
 
-    if (timeout < 0)
-        timeout = BHT_WAIT_FOREVER;
     os_cond_reltimedwait(&wait_node->wait_cond, &wait_node->wait_lock,
-                         timeout / 1000);
+                         timeout < 0 ? BHT_WAIT_FOREVER : timeout / 1000);
 
     os_mutex_unlock(&wait_node->wait_lock);