diff --git a/lib/ElephantIO/Client.php b/lib/ElephantIO/Client.php
index a9878bf..3c4522e 100644
--- a/lib/ElephantIO/Client.php
+++ b/lib/ElephantIO/Client.php
@@ -314,8 +314,8 @@ private function handshake() {
             $version = $version['version'];
 
             // CURLOPT_CONNECTTIMEOUT_MS and CURLOPT_TIMEOUT_MS were only implemented on curl 7.16.2
-            if (version_compare($version, '7.16.2') > -1) {
-                $timeout  *= 1000;
+            if (true === version_compare($version, '7.16.2', '<')) {
+                $timeout  /= 1000;
                 $constants = array(CURLOPT_CONNECTTIMEOUT, CURLOPT_TIMEOUT);
             }