diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmmaster.c b/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmmaster.c
index 2e371e06894f..21081bcfa091 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmmaster.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmmaster.c
@@ -886,7 +886,7 @@ redo_request:
 		} 
 
 		dlm_kick_recovery_thread(dlm);
-		msleep(100);
+		msleep(1000);
 		dlm_wait_for_recovery(dlm);
 
 		spin_lock(&dlm->spinlock);