diff --git a/engines/e_afalg.c b/engines/e_afalg.c
index 413480d725..91f2c4e6e5 100644
--- a/engines/e_afalg.c
+++ b/engines/e_afalg.c
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ static ossl_inline int io_getevents(aio_context_t ctx, long min, long max,
             ts32.tv_sec = (__kernel_long_t) timeout->tv_sec;
             ts32.tv_nsec = (__kernel_long_t) timeout->tv_nsec;
 
-            return syscall(__NR_io_getevents, ctx, min, max, events, ts32);
+            return syscall(__NR_io_getevents, ctx, min, max, events, &ts32);
         } else {
             return syscall(__NR_io_getevents, ctx, min, max, events, NULL);
         }