diff --git a/pkg/services/alerting/eval_handler.go b/pkg/services/alerting/eval_handler.go
index 2818f5ae8a2..9f47252968b 100644
--- a/pkg/services/alerting/eval_handler.go
+++ b/pkg/services/alerting/eval_handler.go
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ func (e *DefaultEvalHandler) eval(context *EvalContext) {
 	}
 
 	context.EndTime = time.Now()
-	elapsedTime := context.EndTime.Sub(context.StartTime)
+	elapsedTime := context.EndTime.Sub(context.StartTime) / time.Millisecond
 	metrics.M_Alerting_Exeuction_Time.Update(elapsedTime)
 	context.DoneChan <- true
 }