diff --git a/swift/common/utils/__init__.py b/swift/common/utils/__init__.py
index c4b5e43d9c..6af137bb2e 100644
--- a/swift/common/utils/__init__.py
+++ b/swift/common/utils/__init__.py
@@ -1499,7 +1499,7 @@ class StatsdClient(object):
 
     def _timing(self, metric, timing_ms, sample_rate):
         # This method was added to disagregate timing metrics when testing
-        return self._send(metric, timing_ms, 'ms', sample_rate)
+        return self._send(metric, round(timing_ms, 4), 'ms', sample_rate)
 
     def timing(self, metric, timing_ms, sample_rate=None):
         return self._timing(metric, timing_ms, sample_rate)
diff --git a/test/unit/common/test_utils.py b/test/unit/common/test_utils.py
index 8513ba69e8..0d022ab150 100644
--- a/test/unit/common/test_utils.py
+++ b/test/unit/common/test_utils.py
@@ -5516,6 +5516,10 @@ class TestStatsdLoggingDelegation(unittest.TestCase):
         self.assertStat('pfx.some.operation:4900.0|ms|@0.972',
                         self.logger.timing, 'some.operation', 4.9 * 1000,
                         sample_rate=0.972)
+        self.assertStat(
+            'pfx.some.hi-res.operation:3141.5927|ms|@0.367879441171',
+            self.logger.timing, 'some.hi-res.operation',
+            3.141592653589793 * 1000, sample_rate=0.367879441171)
         self.assertStatMatches(r'pfx\.another\.op:\d+\.\d+\|ms|@0.972',
                                self.logger.timing_since, 'another.op',
                                time.time(), sample_rate=0.972)