diff --git a/pkg/db/kvstore/client.go b/pkg/db/kvstore/client.go
index b9cb1ee..158e626 100644
--- a/pkg/db/kvstore/client.go
+++ b/pkg/db/kvstore/client.go
@@ -15,11 +15,14 @@
  */
 package kvstore
 
-import "context"
+import (
+	"context"
+	"time"
+)
 
 const (
 	// Default timeout in seconds when making a kvstore request
-	defaultKVGetTimeout = 5
+	defaultKVGetTimeout = 5 * time.Second
 	// Maximum channel buffer between publisher/subscriber goroutines
 	maxClientChannelBufferSize = 10
 )
@@ -77,12 +80,12 @@
 	Get(ctx context.Context, key string) (*KVPair, error)
 	Put(ctx context.Context, key string, value interface{}) error
 	Delete(ctx context.Context, key string) error
-	Reserve(ctx context.Context, key string, value interface{}, ttl int64) (interface{}, error)
+	Reserve(ctx context.Context, key string, value interface{}, ttl time.Duration) (interface{}, error)
 	ReleaseReservation(ctx context.Context, key string) error
 	ReleaseAllReservations(ctx context.Context) error
 	RenewReservation(ctx context.Context, key string) error
 	Watch(ctx context.Context, key string, withPrefix bool) chan *Event
-	AcquireLock(ctx context.Context, lockName string, timeout int) error
+	AcquireLock(ctx context.Context, lockName string, timeout time.Duration) error
 	ReleaseLock(lockName string) error
 	IsConnectionUp(ctx context.Context) bool // timeout in second
 	CloseWatch(key string, ch chan *Event)
diff --git a/pkg/db/kvstore/consulclient.go b/pkg/db/kvstore/consulclient.go
index bdf2d10..d2544dd 100644
--- a/pkg/db/kvstore/consulclient.go
+++ b/pkg/db/kvstore/consulclient.go
@@ -44,13 +44,11 @@
 }
 
 // NewConsulClient returns a new client for the Consul KV store
-func NewConsulClient(addr string, timeout int) (*ConsulClient, error) {
-
-	duration := GetDuration(timeout)
+func NewConsulClient(addr string, timeout time.Duration) (*ConsulClient, error) {
 
 	config := consulapi.DefaultConfig()
 	config.Address = addr
-	config.WaitTime = duration
+	config.WaitTime = timeout
 	consul, err := consulapi.NewClient(config)
 	if err != nil {
 		logger.Error(err)
@@ -76,7 +74,9 @@
 	deadline, _ := ctx.Deadline()
 	kv := c.consul.KV()
 	var queryOptions consulapi.QueryOptions
-	queryOptions.WaitTime = GetDuration(deadline.Second())
+	// Substract current time from deadline to get the waitTime duration
+	queryOptions.WaitTime = time.Until(deadline)
+
 	// For now we ignore meta data
 	kvps, _, err := kv.List(key, &queryOptions)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -97,7 +97,9 @@
 	deadline, _ := ctx.Deadline()
 	kv := c.consul.KV()
 	var queryOptions consulapi.QueryOptions
-	queryOptions.WaitTime = GetDuration(deadline.Second())
+	// Substract current time from deadline to get the waitTime duration
+	queryOptions.WaitTime = time.Until(deadline)
+
 	// For now we ignore meta data
 	kvp, _, err := kv.Get(key, &queryOptions)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -166,11 +168,11 @@
 	c.session = nil
 }
 
-func (c *ConsulClient) createSession(ttl int64, retries int) (*consulapi.Session, string, error) {
+func (c *ConsulClient) createSession(ttl time.Duration, retries int) (*consulapi.Session, string, error) {
 	session := c.consul.Session()
 	entry := &consulapi.SessionEntry{
 		Behavior: consulapi.SessionBehaviorDelete,
-		TTL:      "10s", // strconv.FormatInt(ttl, 10) + "s", // disable ttl
+		TTL:      ttl.String(),
 	}
 
 	for {
@@ -218,7 +220,7 @@
 // defines how long that reservation is valid.  When TTL expires the key is unreserved by the KV store itself.
 // If the key is acquired then the value returned will be the value passed in.  If the key is already acquired
 // then the value assigned to that key will be returned.
-func (c *ConsulClient) Reserve(ctx context.Context, key string, value interface{}, ttl int64) (interface{}, error) {
+func (c *ConsulClient) Reserve(ctx context.Context, key string, value interface{}, ttl time.Duration) (interface{}, error) {
 
 	// Validate that we can create a byte array from the value as consul API expects a byte array
 	var val []byte
@@ -432,10 +434,9 @@
 	logger.Debugw("start-watching-channel", log.Fields{"key": key, "channel": ch})
 
 	defer c.CloseWatch(key, ch)
-	duration := GetDuration(defaultKVGetTimeout)
 	kv := c.consul.KV()
 	var queryOptions consulapi.QueryOptions
-	queryOptions.WaitTime = duration
+	queryOptions.WaitTime = defaultKVGetTimeout
 
 	// Get the existing value, if any
 	previousKVPair, meta, err := kv.Get(key, &queryOptions)
@@ -503,7 +504,7 @@
 	}
 }
 
-func (c *ConsulClient) AcquireLock(ctx context.Context, lockName string, timeout int) error {
+func (c *ConsulClient) AcquireLock(ctx context.Context, lockName string, timeout time.Duration) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
diff --git a/pkg/db/kvstore/etcdclient.go b/pkg/db/kvstore/etcdclient.go
index 90158bc..8d4a462 100644
--- a/pkg/db/kvstore/etcdclient.go
+++ b/pkg/db/kvstore/etcdclient.go
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"sync"
+	"time"
 
 	"github.com/opencord/voltha-lib-go/v3/pkg/log"
 	v3Client "go.etcd.io/etcd/clientv3"
@@ -39,13 +40,12 @@
 }
 
 // NewEtcdClient returns a new client for the Etcd KV store
-func NewEtcdClient(addr string, timeout int, level log.LogLevel) (*EtcdClient, error) {
-	duration := GetDuration(timeout)
+func NewEtcdClient(addr string, timeout time.Duration, level log.LogLevel) (*EtcdClient, error) {
 	logconfig := log.ConstructZapConfig(log.JSON, level, log.Fields{})
 
 	c, err := v3Client.New(v3Client.Config{
 		Endpoints:   []string{addr},
-		DialTimeout: duration,
+		DialTimeout: timeout,
 		LogConfig:   &logconfig,
 	})
 	if err != nil {
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@
 // defines how long that reservation is valid.  When TTL expires the key is unreserved by the KV store itself.
 // If the key is acquired then the value returned will be the value passed in.  If the key is already acquired
 // then the value assigned to that key will be returned.
-func (c *EtcdClient) Reserve(ctx context.Context, key string, value interface{}, ttl int64) (interface{}, error) {
+func (c *EtcdClient) Reserve(ctx context.Context, key string, value interface{}, ttl time.Duration) (interface{}, error) {
 	// Validate that we can convert value to a string as etcd API expects a string
 	var val string
 	var er error
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("unexpected-type%T", value)
 	}
 
-	resp, err := c.ectdAPI.Grant(ctx, ttl)
+	resp, err := c.ectdAPI.Grant(ctx, int64(ttl.Seconds()))
 	if err != nil {
 		logger.Error(err)
 		return nil, err
@@ -457,7 +457,7 @@
 	return lock, session
 }
 
-func (c *EtcdClient) AcquireLock(ctx context.Context, lockName string, timeout int) error {
+func (c *EtcdClient) AcquireLock(ctx context.Context, lockName string, timeout time.Duration) error {
 	session, _ := v3Concurrency.NewSession(c.ectdAPI, v3Concurrency.WithContext(ctx))
 	mu := v3Concurrency.NewMutex(session, "/devicelock_"+lockName)
 	if err := mu.Lock(context.Background()); err != nil {
diff --git a/pkg/db/kvstore/kvutils.go b/pkg/db/kvstore/kvutils.go
index cf9a95c..64e7d30 100644
--- a/pkg/db/kvstore/kvutils.go
+++ b/pkg/db/kvstore/kvutils.go
@@ -15,19 +15,7 @@
  */
 package kvstore
 
-import (
-	"fmt"
-	"time"
-)
-
-// GetDuration converts a timeout value from int to duration.  If the timeout value is
-// either not set of -ve then we default KV timeout (configurable) is used.
-func GetDuration(timeout int) time.Duration {
-	if timeout <= 0 {
-		return defaultKVGetTimeout * time.Second
-	}
-	return time.Duration(timeout) * time.Second
-}
+import "fmt"
 
 // ToString converts an interface value to a string.  The interface should either be of
 // a string type or []byte.  Otherwise, an error is returned.
diff --git a/pkg/db/kvstore/kvutils_test.go b/pkg/db/kvstore/kvutils_test.go
index 86c4369..98c96c9 100644
--- a/pkg/db/kvstore/kvutils_test.go
+++ b/pkg/db/kvstore/kvutils_test.go
@@ -18,30 +18,8 @@
 import (
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 	"testing"
-	"time"
 )
 
-func TestDurationWithNegativeTimeout(t *testing.T) {
-	actualResult := GetDuration(-1)
-	var expectedResult = defaultKVGetTimeout * time.Second
-
-	assert.Equal(t, expectedResult, actualResult)
-}
-
-func TestDurationWithZeroTimeout(t *testing.T) {
-	actualResult := GetDuration(0)
-	var expectedResult = defaultKVGetTimeout * time.Second
-
-	assert.Equal(t, expectedResult, actualResult)
-}
-
-func TestDurationWithTimeout(t *testing.T) {
-	actualResult := GetDuration(10)
-	var expectedResult = time.Duration(10) * time.Second
-
-	assert.Equal(t, expectedResult, actualResult)
-}
-
 func TestToStringWithString(t *testing.T) {
 	actualResult, _ := ToString("myString")
 	var expectedResult = "myString"