diff --git a/module/bdev/nvme/bdev_nvme.c b/module/bdev/nvme/bdev_nvme.c
index 4d5c3c039..8e97fbe63 100644
--- a/module/bdev/nvme/bdev_nvme.c
+++ b/module/bdev/nvme/bdev_nvme.c
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ static struct spdk_bdev_nvme_opts g_opts = {
 	.low_priority_weight = 0,
 	.medium_priority_weight = 0,
 	.high_priority_weight = 0,
-	.nvme_adminq_poll_period_us = 1000000ULL,
+	.nvme_adminq_poll_period_us = 10000ULL,
 	.nvme_ioq_poll_period_us = 0,
 	.io_queue_requests = 0,
 	.delay_cmd_submit = SPDK_BDEV_NVME_DEFAULT_DELAY_CMD_SUBMIT,