diff --git a/src/interfaces/ecpg/pgtypeslib/interval.c b/src/interfaces/ecpg/pgtypeslib/interval.c
index 3ff8a1025a..ca0728404a 100644
--- a/src/interfaces/ecpg/pgtypeslib/interval.c
+++ b/src/interfaces/ecpg/pgtypeslib/interval.c
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ DecodeISO8601Interval(char *str,
 			{
 				case 'Y':
 					tm->tm_year += val;
-					tm->tm_mon += (fval * 12);
+					tm->tm_mon += (fval * MONTHS_PER_YEAR);
 					break;
 				case 'M':
 					tm->tm_mon += val;
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ DecodeISO8601Interval(char *str,
 						return DTERR_BAD_FORMAT;
 
 					tm->tm_year += val;
-					tm->tm_mon += (fval * 12);
+					tm->tm_mon += (fval * MONTHS_PER_YEAR);
 					if (unit == '\0')
 						return 0;
 					if (unit == 'T')