diff --git a/plugins/inputs/nvidia_smi/nvidia_smi.go b/plugins/inputs/nvidia_smi/nvidia_smi.go
index 0cf9bd9e7..35e56c9b7 100644
--- a/plugins/inputs/nvidia_smi/nvidia_smi.go
+++ b/plugins/inputs/nvidia_smi/nvidia_smi.go
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ var (
 // NvidiaSMI holds the methods for this plugin
 type NvidiaSMI struct {
 	BinPath string
-	Timeout time.Duration
+	Timeout internal.Duration
 
 	metrics string
 }
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ func init() {
 	inputs.Add("nvidia_smi", func() telegraf.Input {
 		return &NvidiaSMI{
 			BinPath: "/usr/bin/nvidia-smi",
-			Timeout: 5 * time.Second,
+			Timeout: internal.Duration{Duration: 5 * time.Second},
 			metrics: metrics,
 		}
 	})
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ func init() {
 func (smi *NvidiaSMI) pollSMI() (string, error) {
 	// Construct and execute metrics query
 	opts := []string{"--format=noheader,nounits,csv", fmt.Sprintf("--query-gpu=%s", smi.metrics)}
-	ret, err := internal.CombinedOutputTimeout(exec.Command(smi.BinPath, opts...), smi.Timeout)
+	ret, err := internal.CombinedOutputTimeout(exec.Command(smi.BinPath, opts...), smi.Timeout.Duration)
 	if err != nil {
 		return "", err
 	}