diff --git a/plugins/hypervisors/xen/src/com/cloud/hypervisor/xen/resource/XenServerConnectionPool.java b/plugins/hypervisors/xen/src/com/cloud/hypervisor/xen/resource/XenServerConnectionPool.java
index 5af17812bc3..cb188d5ee03 100644
--- a/plugins/hypervisors/xen/src/com/cloud/hypervisor/xen/resource/XenServerConnectionPool.java
+++ b/plugins/hypervisors/xen/src/com/cloud/hypervisor/xen/resource/XenServerConnectionPool.java
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ public class XenServerConnectionPool {
                     }
                 }
                 try {
-                    Thread.sleep(2000);
+                    Thread.sleep(3000);
                 } catch (InterruptedException e) {
                 } 
             }