diff --git a/lib/activate/activate.c b/lib/activate/activate.c
index 22e3afaf8..f4d3a1740 100644
--- a/lib/activate/activate.c
+++ b/lib/activate/activate.c
@@ -1853,7 +1853,7 @@ int monitor_dev_for_events(struct cmd_context *cmd, const struct logical_volume
 			continue;
 
 		if (new_unmonitor) {
-			if (!target_register_events(cmd, dso, lv, 0, 0, 0)) {
+			if (!target_register_events(cmd, dso, lv, 0, 0, 10)) {
 				log_error("%s: segment unmonitoring failed.",
 					  display_lvname(lv));