diff --git a/src/resolvers.c b/src/resolvers.c
index 6696e51a3..e415c6a61 100644
--- a/src/resolvers.c
+++ b/src/resolvers.c
@@ -291,11 +291,11 @@ static void resolv_update_resolvers_timeout(struct resolvers *resolvers)
 	if (!LIST_ISEMPTY(&resolvers->resolutions.curr)) {
 		res  = LIST_NEXT(&resolvers->resolutions.curr, struct resolv_resolution *, list);
 		next = tick_add(now_ms, resolvers->timeout.resolve);
-		next = MIN(next, tick_add(res->last_query, resolvers->timeout.retry));
+		next = tick_first(next, tick_add(res->last_query, resolvers->timeout.retry));
 	}
 
 	list_for_each_entry(res, &resolvers->resolutions.wait, list)
-		next = MIN(next, tick_add(res->last_resolution, resolv_resolution_timeout(res)));
+		next = tick_first(next, tick_add(res->last_resolution, resolv_resolution_timeout(res)));
 
 	resolvers->t->expire = next;
 	task_queue(resolvers->t);