diff --git a/src/aof.c b/src/aof.c
index dfd58853c32..ac6cf64143c 100644
--- a/src/aof.c
+++ b/src/aof.c
@@ -833,7 +833,7 @@ int openNewIncrAofForAppend(void) {
      * is already synced at this point so fsync doesn't matter. */
     if (server.aof_fd != -1) {
         aof_background_fsync_and_close(server.aof_fd);
-        server.aof_last_fsync = server.unixtime;
+        server.aof_last_fsync = server.mstime;
     }
     server.aof_fd = newfd;
 
@@ -954,7 +954,7 @@ void stopAppendOnly(void) {
     if (redis_fsync(server.aof_fd) == -1) {
         serverLog(LL_WARNING,"Fail to fsync the AOF file: %s",strerror(errno));
     } else {
-        server.aof_last_fsync = server.unixtime;
+        server.aof_last_fsync = server.mstime;
     }
     close(server.aof_fd);
 
@@ -998,7 +998,7 @@ int startAppendOnly(void) {
             return C_ERR;
         }
     }
-    server.aof_last_fsync = server.unixtime;
+    server.aof_last_fsync = server.mstime;
     /* If AOF fsync error in bio job, we just ignore it and log the event. */
     int aof_bio_fsync_status;
     atomicGet(server.aof_bio_fsync_status, aof_bio_fsync_status);
@@ -1074,7 +1074,7 @@ void flushAppendOnlyFile(int force) {
          * the data in page cache cannot be flushed in time. */
         if (server.aof_fsync == AOF_FSYNC_EVERYSEC &&
             server.aof_last_incr_fsync_offset != server.aof_last_incr_size &&
-            server.unixtime > server.aof_last_fsync &&
+            server.mstime - server.aof_last_fsync >= 1000 &&
             !(sync_in_progress = aofFsyncInProgress())) {
             goto try_fsync;
 
@@ -1260,15 +1260,15 @@ void flushAppendOnlyFile(int force) {
         latencyEndMonitor(latency);
         latencyAddSampleIfNeeded("aof-fsync-always",latency);
         server.aof_last_incr_fsync_offset = server.aof_last_incr_size;
-        server.aof_last_fsync = server.unixtime;
+        server.aof_last_fsync = server.mstime;
         atomicSet(server.fsynced_reploff_pending, server.master_repl_offset);
     } else if (server.aof_fsync == AOF_FSYNC_EVERYSEC &&
-               server.unixtime > server.aof_last_fsync) {
+               server.mstime - server.aof_last_fsync >= 1000) {
         if (!sync_in_progress) {
             aof_background_fsync(server.aof_fd);
             server.aof_last_incr_fsync_offset = server.aof_last_incr_size;
         }
-        server.aof_last_fsync = server.unixtime;
+        server.aof_last_fsync = server.mstime;
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/server.c b/src/server.c
index e743eeb8c7a..a63276f7509 100644
--- a/src/server.c
+++ b/src/server.c
@@ -2053,7 +2053,7 @@ void initServerConfig(void) {
     server.aof_rewrite_base_size = 0;
     server.aof_rewrite_scheduled = 0;
     server.aof_flush_sleep = 0;
-    server.aof_last_fsync = time(NULL);
+    server.aof_last_fsync = time(NULL) * 1000;
     server.aof_cur_timestamp = 0;
     atomicSet(server.aof_bio_fsync_status,C_OK);
     server.aof_rewrite_time_last = -1;
diff --git a/src/server.h b/src/server.h
index edc93087426..b23c0ae2508 100644
--- a/src/server.h
+++ b/src/server.h
@@ -1779,7 +1779,7 @@ struct redisServer {
     int aof_fd;       /* File descriptor of currently selected AOF file */
     int aof_selected_db; /* Currently selected DB in AOF */
     time_t aof_flush_postponed_start; /* UNIX time of postponed AOF flush */
-    time_t aof_last_fsync;            /* UNIX time of last fsync() */
+    time_t aof_last_fsync;            /* mstime of last fsync() */
     time_t aof_rewrite_time_last;   /* Time used by last AOF rewrite run. */
     time_t aof_rewrite_time_start;  /* Current AOF rewrite start time. */
     time_t aof_cur_timestamp;       /* Current record timestamp in AOF */