diff --git a/fs/nfs/nfs4filelayout.h b/fs/nfs/nfs4filelayout.h
index 8c07241fe52b0ac86c7d1ef241923f20f0d56a1e..b8da95548d3d7a10b409a70a852b0245eeb59b7a 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/nfs4filelayout.h
+++ b/fs/nfs/nfs4filelayout.h
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
  * Default data server connection timeout and retrans vaules.
  * Set by module paramters dataserver_timeo and dataserver_retrans.
  */
-#define NFS4_DEF_DS_TIMEO   60
+#define NFS4_DEF_DS_TIMEO   600 /* in tenths of a second */
 #define NFS4_DEF_DS_RETRANS 5
 
 /*