diff --git a/include/linux/drbd_limits.h b/include/linux/drbd_limits.h
index 447c36752385a52bc661adcea0cec1ca37ffad7f..928c84dfaf42aacb31a2f0a93cc701f04cc8fba3 100644
--- a/include/linux/drbd_limits.h
+++ b/include/linux/drbd_limits.h
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@
 
  /* timeout for the ping packets.*/
 #define DRBD_PING_TIMEO_MIN  1
-#define DRBD_PING_TIMEO_MAX  100
+#define DRBD_PING_TIMEO_MAX  300
 #define DRBD_PING_TIMEO_DEF  5
 
   /* max number of write requests between write barriers */