diff --git a/etc/periodic/daily/480.leapfile-ntpd b/etc/periodic/daily/480.leapfile-ntpd
index 5a3ccceadf07..8a3836427b4e 100755
--- a/etc/periodic/daily/480.leapfile-ntpd
+++ b/etc/periodic/daily/480.leapfile-ntpd
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ case "$daily_ntpd_leapfile_enable" in
 	case "$daily_ntpd_avoid_congestion" in
     	[Yy][Ee][Ss])
 	    # Avoid dogpiling
-	    (sleep $(jot -r 1 0 86400); service ntpd onefetch) &
+	    (sleep $(jot -r 1 0 3600); service ntpd onefetch) &
 	    ;;
 	*)
 	    service ntpd onefetch