diff --git a/net/tipc/socket.c b/net/tipc/socket.c
index 607785077445..9f39276e5d4e 100644
--- a/net/tipc/socket.c
+++ b/net/tipc/socket.c
@@ -1755,7 +1755,7 @@ static int tipc_backlog_rcv(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb)
 static void tipc_sk_enqueue(struct sk_buff_head *inputq, struct sock *sk,
 			    u32 dport, struct sk_buff_head *xmitq)
 {
-	unsigned long time_limit = jiffies + 2;
+	unsigned long time_limit = jiffies + usecs_to_jiffies(20000);
 	struct sk_buff *skb;
 	unsigned int lim;
 	atomic_t *dcnt;