diff --git a/tangostationcontrol/tangostationcontrol/integration_test/default/toolkit/test_archiver.py b/tangostationcontrol/tangostationcontrol/integration_test/default/toolkit/test_archiver.py
index 08af5e3473911b5cf4965b87c1d26340486ecba7..82691bda7c560c658ca9ffe6a4822e8e5c47f9c2 100644
--- a/tangostationcontrol/tangostationcontrol/integration_test/default/toolkit/test_archiver.py
+++ b/tangostationcontrol/tangostationcontrol/integration_test/default/toolkit/test_archiver.py
@@ -231,12 +231,12 @@ class TestArchiver(BaseIntegrationTestCase):
         self.assertEqual(9, len(sdp_archived_attrs))
 
     def _wait_for_archiving(
-        self, attr_fullname: str, archive_event_period: int, max_wait: int = 10
+        self, attr_fullname: str, archive_event_period_ms: int, max_wait: int = 10
     ):
         wait = 0
         records = self.retriever.get_lofar_attribute(attr_fullname)
         while not (len(records) > 0) and wait < max_wait:
-            time.sleep(archive_event_period)
+            time.sleep(archive_event_period_ms / 1000.0)
             records = self.retriever.get_lofar_attribute(attr_fullname)
             wait += 1
         return records