diff --git a/Lib/multiprocessing/connection.py b/Lib/multiprocessing/connection.py
--- a/Lib/multiprocessing/connection.py
+++ b/Lib/multiprocessing/connection.py
@@ -862,7 +862,7 @@
     if hasattr(select, 'poll'):
         def _poll(fds, timeout):
             if timeout is not None:
-                timeout = int(timeout) * 1000  # timeout is in milliseconds
+                timeout = int(timeout * 1000)  # timeout is in milliseconds
             fd_map = {}
             pollster = select.poll()
             for fd in fds:
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_multiprocessing.py b/Lib/test/test_multiprocessing.py
--- a/Lib/test/test_multiprocessing.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_multiprocessing.py
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 import logging
 import struct
 import operator
+import decimal
 import test.support
 import test.script_helper
 
@@ -699,6 +700,14 @@
         for p in workers:
             p.join()
 
+    def test_timeout(self):
+        q = multiprocessing.Queue()
+        start = decimal.Decimal(time.time())
+        self.assertRaises(pyqueue.Empty, q.get, True, 0.2)
+        delta = decimal.Decimal(time.time()) - start
+        self.assertGreaterEqual(delta, decimal.Decimal(0.19))
+        self.assertLessEqual(delta, decimal.Decimal(0.21))
+
 #
 #
 #