diff --git a/agent/src/com/cloud/agent/resource/computing/KVMHABase.java b/agent/src/com/cloud/agent/resource/computing/KVMHABase.java
index 74da0f25ae3..9424fd11892 100644
--- a/agent/src/com/cloud/agent/resource/computing/KVMHABase.java
+++ b/agent/src/com/cloud/agent/resource/computing/KVMHABase.java
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ import com.cloud.utils.script.Script;
 public class KVMHABase {
 	private long _timeout = 60000; /*1 minutes*/
 	protected static String _heartBeatPath;
-	protected long _heartBeatUpdateTimeout = 5000; /*5 sec*/
+	protected long _heartBeatUpdateTimeout = 60000;
 	protected long _heartBeatUpdateFreq = 60000;
 	protected long _heartBeatUpdateMaxRetry = 3;
 	public static enum PoolType {
diff --git a/agent/src/com/cloud/agent/resource/computing/KVMHAChecker.java b/agent/src/com/cloud/agent/resource/computing/KVMHAChecker.java
index 29de833ed31..ed5307831ea 100644
--- a/agent/src/com/cloud/agent/resource/computing/KVMHAChecker.java
+++ b/agent/src/com/cloud/agent/resource/computing/KVMHAChecker.java
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ public class KVMHAChecker extends KVMHABase implements Callable<Boolean> {
 	private static final Logger s_logger = Logger.getLogger(KVMHAChecker.class);
 	private List<NfsStoragePool> _pools;
 	private String _hostIP;
-	private long _heartBeatCheckerTimeout = 300000; /*5 minutes*/
+	private long _heartBeatCheckerTimeout = 360000; /*6 minutes*/
 	public KVMHAChecker(List<NfsStoragePool> pools, String host) {
 		this._pools = pools;
 		this._hostIP = host;
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ public class KVMHAChecker extends KVMHABase implements Callable<Boolean> {
 			cmd.add("-m", pool._mountDestPath);
 			cmd.add("-h", _hostIP);
 			cmd.add("-r");
-			cmd.add("-t", String.valueOf(_heartBeatUpdateFreq/1000 * 2));
+			cmd.add("-t", String.valueOf((_heartBeatUpdateFreq + _heartBeatUpdateTimeout)/1000 * 2));
 			OutputInterpreter.OneLineParser parser = new OutputInterpreter.OneLineParser();
 			String result = cmd.execute(parser);
 			s_logger.debug("pool: " + pool._poolIp);