diff --git a/src/share/io/ob_io_struct.h b/src/share/io/ob_io_struct.h
index a1ee2e54de0de12dcadec6cfd6bce6b9371ee920..51f09c83ab7741dbbadc004b018ba586264fb5c3 100644
--- a/src/share/io/ob_io_struct.h
+++ b/src/share/io/ob_io_struct.h
@@ -312,7 +312,7 @@ private:
 
 private:
   static const int32_t MAX_AIO_EVENT_CNT = 512;
-  static const int64_t AIO_POLLING_TIMEOUT_NS = 1000L * 1000L * 1000L; //1s
+  static const int64_t AIO_POLLING_TIMEOUT_NS = 1000L * 1000L * 1000L - 1L; // almost 1s, for timespec_valid check
   ObIOContext *io_context_;
   ObIOEvents *io_events_;
   struct timespec polling_timeout_;