diff --git a/library/std/src/sys/windows/net.rs b/library/std/src/sys/windows/net.rs
index 2404bbe2b89..1ae42cb7eae 100644
--- a/library/std/src/sys/windows/net.rs
+++ b/library/std/src/sys/windows/net.rs
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ impl Socket {
                 }
 
                 let mut timeout = c::timeval {
-                    tv_sec: timeout.as_secs() as c_long,
+                    tv_sec: cmp::min(timeout.as_secs(), c_long::MAX as u64) as c_long,
                     tv_usec: (timeout.subsec_nanos() / 1000) as c_long,
                 };