diff --git a/buf/buf0buf.c b/buf/buf0buf.c
index 7da713b127c3dd4d68862271107cb8bd1a1154d9..41d108d0fb602a1cccbb83fe6f12454dbdc5e6da 100644
--- a/buf/buf0buf.c
+++ b/buf/buf0buf.c
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ the read requests for the whole area.
 */
 
 /* Value in microseconds */
-static const int WAIT_FOR_READ	= 20000;
+static const int WAIT_FOR_READ	= 5000;
 
 buf_pool_t*	buf_pool = NULL; /* The buffer buf_pool of the database */