diff --git a/test/nvmf/host/timeout.sh b/test/nvmf/host/timeout.sh
index 72ee7edae..29fc70413 100755
--- a/test/nvmf/host/timeout.sh
+++ b/test/nvmf/host/timeout.sh
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ rm -f $testdir/try.txt
 
 # Case 3 test reconnect_delay_sec
 # Time to delay a reconnect trial
-$rootdir/test/bdev/bdevperf/bdevperf -m 0x4 -z -r $bdevperf_rpc_sock -q 128 -o 4096 -w verify -t 20 -f &> $testdir/try.txt &
+$rootdir/test/bdev/bdevperf/bdevperf -m 0x4 -z -r $bdevperf_rpc_sock -q 128 -o 4096 -w randread -t 20 -f &> $testdir/try.txt &
 bdevperf_pid=$!
 
 trap 'process_shm --id $NVMF_APP_SHM_ID; rm -f $testdir/try.txt; killprocess $bdevperf_pid; nvmftestfini; exit 1' SIGINT SIGTERM EXIT