diff --git a/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/KyuubiSparkUtil.scala b/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/KyuubiSparkUtil.scala
index c6a76bdfc..861f879ed 100644
--- a/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/KyuubiSparkUtil.scala
+++ b/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/KyuubiSparkUtil.scala
@@ -123,4 +123,12 @@ object KyuubiSparkUtil extends Logging {
     val sMinor = minorVersion(version)
     tMajor > sMajor || (tMajor == sMajor && tMinor >= sMinor)
   }
+
+  /**
+   * Convert a time parameter such as (50s, 100ms, or 250us) to microseconds for internal use. If
+   * no suffix is provided, the passed number is assumed to be in ms.
+   */
+  def timeStringAsMs(str: String): Long = {
+    Utils.timeStringAsMs(str)
+  }
 }
diff --git a/src/main/scala/yaooqinn/kyuubi/operation/KyuubiOperation.scala b/src/main/scala/yaooqinn/kyuubi/operation/KyuubiOperation.scala
index 0f3a37692..0efe1e0a7 100644
--- a/src/main/scala/yaooqinn/kyuubi/operation/KyuubiOperation.scala
+++ b/src/main/scala/yaooqinn/kyuubi/operation/KyuubiOperation.scala
@@ -49,7 +49,8 @@ class KyuubiOperation(session: KyuubiSession, statement: String) extends Logging
 
   private[this] val conf = session.sparkSession.conf
 
-  private[this] val operationTimeout = conf.get(OPERATION_IDLE_TIMEOUT.key).toLong
+  private[this] val operationTimeout =
+    KyuubiSparkUtil.timeStringAsMs(conf.get(OPERATION_IDLE_TIMEOUT.key))
   private[this] var lastAccessTime = System.currentTimeMillis()
 
   private[this] var hasResultSet: Boolean = false
diff --git a/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/KyuubiSparkUtilSuite.scala b/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/KyuubiSparkUtilSuite.scala
index f5372414f..e8415b6aa 100644
--- a/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/KyuubiSparkUtilSuite.scala
+++ b/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/KyuubiSparkUtilSuite.scala
@@ -148,4 +148,10 @@ class KyuubiSparkUtilSuite extends SparkFunSuite {
     assert(!KyuubiSparkUtil.equalOrHigherThan("2.4.1"))
     assert(!KyuubiSparkUtil.equalOrHigherThan("3.0.0"))
   }
+
+  test("testTimeStringAsMs") {
+    assert(KyuubiSparkUtil.timeStringAsMs("50s") === 50000L)
+    assert(KyuubiSparkUtil.timeStringAsMs("50min") === 50 * 60 * 1000L)
+    assert(KyuubiSparkUtil.timeStringAsMs("100ms") === 100L)
+  }
 }