diff --git a/drivers/md/dm.c b/drivers/md/dm.c
index c4d4cd38a58f..ff017d148323 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm.c
@@ -2192,7 +2192,7 @@ static void dm_request_fn(struct request_queue *q)
 	goto out;
 
 delay_and_out:
-	blk_delay_queue(q, HZ / 100);
+	blk_delay_queue(q, 10);
 out:
 	dm_put_live_table(md, srcu_idx);
 }