diff --git a/source/libs/transport/src/transComm.c b/source/libs/transport/src/transComm.c
index 1bd7d0857e..98e9e67ede 100644
--- a/source/libs/transport/src/transComm.c
+++ b/source/libs/transport/src/transComm.c
@@ -435,7 +435,7 @@ int transDQSched(SDelayQueue* queue, void (*func)(void* arg), void* arg, uint64_
   if (minNode) {
     SDelayTask* minTask = container_of(minNode, SDelayTask, node);
     if (minTask->execTime < task->execTime) {
-      timeoutMs = minTask->execTime <= now ? 0 : now - minTask->execTime;
+      timeoutMs = minTask->execTime <= now ? 0 : minTask->execTime - now;
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/tests/script/tsim/db/alter_option.sim b/tests/script/tsim/db/alter_option.sim
index 417e53daff..40882306c8 100644
--- a/tests/script/tsim/db/alter_option.sim
+++ b/tests/script/tsim/db/alter_option.sim
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ print ============= create database
 #  | REPLICA value      [1 | 3]
 #  | WAL value          [1 | 2]
 
-sql create database db CACHELAST 3 COMP 0 DAYS 345600 FSYNC 1000 MAXROWS 8000 MINROWS 10 KEEP 1440000 PRECISION 'ns' REPLICA 1 WAL 2 VGROUPS 6 SINGLE_STABLE 1
+sql create database db CACHELAST 3 COMP 0 DAYS 345600 FSYNC 1000 MAXROWS 8000 MINROWS 10 KEEP 1440000 PRECISION 'ns' REPLICA 3 WAL 2 VGROUPS 6 SINGLE_STABLE 1
 sql show databases
 print rows: $rows
 print $data00 $data01 $data02 $data03 $data04 $data05 $data06 $data07 $data08 $data09
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ endi
 if $data3_db != 0 then  # ntables
   return -1
 endi
-if $data4_db != 1 then  # replica
+if $data4_db != 3 then  # replica
   return -1
 endi
 if $data5_db != nostrict then  # strict