diff --git a/rclcpp/src/rclcpp/duration.cpp b/rclcpp/src/rclcpp/duration.cpp
index bdf9bda..07d3698 100644
--- a/rclcpp/src/rclcpp/duration.cpp
+++ b/rclcpp/src/rclcpp/duration.cpp
@@ -182,8 +182,8 @@ bounds_check_duration_scale(int64_t dns, double scale, uint64_t max)
 {
   auto abs_dns = static_cast<uint64_t>(std::abs(dns));
   auto abs_scale = std::abs(scale);
-  if (abs_scale > 1.0 &&
-    abs_dns > static_cast<uint64_t>(static_cast<long double>(max) / static_cast<long double>(abs_scale)))
+  if (abs_scale > 1.0 && abs_dns >
+    static_cast<uint64_t>(static_cast<long double>(max) / static_cast<long double>(abs_scale)))
   {
     if ((dns > 0 && scale > 0) || (dns < 0 && scale < 0)) {
       throw std::overflow_error("duration scaling leads to int64_t overflow");