DEFINE_SPINLOCK(forw_bat_list_lock);
 DEFINE_SPINLOCK(forw_bcast_list_lock);
 
-atomic_t vis_interval;
 atomic_t bcast_queue_left;
 atomic_t batman_queue_left;
 
 
        atomic_set(&module_state, MODULE_INACTIVE);
 
-       atomic_set(&vis_interval, 1000);/* TODO: raise this later, this is only
-                                        * for debugging now. */
        atomic_set(&bcast_queue_left, BCAST_QUEUE_LEN);
        atomic_set(&batman_queue_left, BATMAN_QUEUE_LEN);
 
 
 #define LOG_BUF_LEN 8192         /* has to be a power of 2 */
 #define ETH_STR_LEN 20
 
+#define VIS_INTERVAL 5000      /* 5 seconds */
+
 #define MAX_AGGREGATION_BYTES 512 /* should not be bigger than 512 bytes or
                                   * change the size of
                                   * forw_packet->direct_link_flags */
 extern spinlock_t forw_bat_list_lock;
 extern spinlock_t forw_bcast_list_lock;
 
-extern atomic_t vis_interval;
 extern atomic_t bcast_queue_left;
 extern atomic_t batman_queue_left;
 extern int16_t num_hna;
 
        }
 
        /* prefill the vis info */
-       my_vis_info->first_seen = jiffies - atomic_read(&vis_interval);
+       my_vis_info->first_seen = jiffies - msecs_to_jiffies(VIS_INTERVAL);
        INIT_LIST_HEAD(&my_vis_info->recv_list);
        INIT_LIST_HEAD(&my_vis_info->send_list);
        kref_init(&my_vis_info->refcount);
 static void start_vis_timer(void)
 {
        queue_delayed_work(bat_event_workqueue, &vis_timer_wq,
-                          (atomic_read(&vis_interval) * HZ) / 1000);
+                          (VIS_INTERVAL * HZ) / 1000);
 }