diff --git a/src/olsr/model/olsr-routing-protocol.cc b/src/olsr/model/olsr-routing-protocol.cc
index c41808d5f..c1c0a2634 100644
--- a/src/olsr/model/olsr-routing-protocol.cc
+++ b/src/olsr/model/olsr-routing-protocol.cc
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@
 ///
 /// We only use this value in order to define OLSR_NEIGHB_HOLD_TIME.
 ///
-#define OLSR_REFRESH_INTERVAL   Seconds (2)
+#define OLSR_REFRESH_INTERVAL   m_helloInterval
 
 
 /********** Holding times **********/