diff --git a/app/nvmf_tgt/conf.c b/app/nvmf_tgt/conf.c
index 1bab8c8666..b3ea4c9875 100644
--- a/app/nvmf_tgt/conf.c
+++ b/app/nvmf_tgt/conf.c
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
 #define PORTNUMSTRLEN 32
 #define SPDK_NVMF_DEFAULT_SIN_PORT ((uint16_t)4420)
 
-#define ACCEPT_TIMEOUT_US		1000 /* 1ms */
+#define ACCEPT_TIMEOUT_US		10000 /* 10ms */
 
 struct spdk_nvmf_probe_ctx {
 	struct nvmf_tgt_subsystem	*app_subsystem;
diff --git a/etc/spdk/nvmf.conf.in b/etc/spdk/nvmf.conf.in
index a52f0170de..c23924edd4 100644
--- a/etc/spdk/nvmf.conf.in
+++ b/etc/spdk/nvmf.conf.in
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@
   # Set how often the acceptor polls for incoming connections. The acceptor is also
   # responsible for polling existing connections that have gone idle. 0 means continuously
   # poll. Units in microseconds.
-  AcceptorPollRate  1000
+  AcceptorPollRate 10000
 
 # Define an NVMf Subsystem.
 # - NQN is required and must be unique.