diff --git a/drivers/net/can/dev/calc_bittiming.c b/drivers/net/can/dev/calc_bittiming.c
index cc4022241553..42498e9d3f38 100644
--- a/drivers/net/can/dev/calc_bittiming.c
+++ b/drivers/net/can/dev/calc_bittiming.c
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 #include <linux/units.h>
 #include <linux/can/dev.h>
 
-#define CAN_CALC_MAX_ERROR 50 /* in one-tenth of a percent */
+#define CAN_CALC_MAX_ERROR 500 /* max error 5% */
 
 /* CiA recommended sample points for Non Return to Zero encoding. */
 static int can_calc_sample_point_nrz(const struct can_bittiming *bt)