diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace.c b/kernel/trace/trace.c
index 49e16630628a014f3bc2cdffbbb30db2faa432df..ca0d6ff74c114a8f5a0a4a5b2751d9a6f0b7cee9 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace.c
@@ -2417,8 +2417,8 @@ tracing_read_pipe(struct file *filp, char __user *ubuf,
 
 		mutex_unlock(&trace_types_lock);
 
-		/* sleep for one second, and try again. */
-		schedule_timeout(HZ);
+		/* sleep for 100 msecs, and try again. */
+		schedule_timeout(HZ/10);
 
 		mutex_lock(&trace_types_lock);