diff --git a/etc/defaults/periodic.conf b/etc/defaults/periodic.conf
index 8d3d0f486719..27192bc039e3 100644
--- a/etc/defaults/periodic.conf
+++ b/etc/defaults/periodic.conf
@@ -150,8 +150,8 @@ daily_submit_queuerun="YES"				# Also submit queue
 # 800.scrub-zfs
 daily_scrub_zfs_enable="NO"
 daily_scrub_zfs_pools=""			# empty string selects all pools
-daily_scrub_zfs_default_threshold="30"		# days between scrubs
-#daily_scrub_zfs_${poolname}_threshold="30"	# pool specific threshold
+daily_scrub_zfs_default_threshold="35"		# days between scrubs
+#daily_scrub_zfs_${poolname}_threshold="35"	# pool specific threshold
 
 # 999.local
 daily_local="/etc/daily.local"				# Local scripts
diff --git a/etc/periodic/daily/800.scrub-zfs b/etc/periodic/daily/800.scrub-zfs
index b153b66370ec..ee0e52a8fd60 100755
--- a/etc/periodic/daily/800.scrub-zfs
+++ b/etc/periodic/daily/800.scrub-zfs
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ then
     source_periodic_confs
 fi
 
-: ${daily_scrub_zfs_default_threshold=30}
+: ${daily_scrub_zfs_default_threshold=35}
 
 case "$daily_scrub_zfs_enable" in
     [Yy][Ee][Ss])