diff --git a/src/python/oftest/ofutils.py b/src/python/oftest/ofutils.py
index 3fd9df9..ce4e6ad 100644
--- a/src/python/oftest/ofutils.py
+++ b/src/python/oftest/ofutils.py
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 def timed_wait(cv, fn, timeout=-1):
     if timeout == -1:
         # TODO make this configurable
-        timeout = 5
+        timeout = 2
 
     end_time = time.time() + timeout
     while True: