diff --git a/source3/rpc_server/spoolss/srv_spoolss_nt.c b/source3/rpc_server/spoolss/srv_spoolss_nt.c
index 9d99e74f395..663c62381d5 100644
--- a/source3/rpc_server/spoolss/srv_spoolss_nt.c
+++ b/source3/rpc_server/spoolss/srv_spoolss_nt.c
@@ -4177,9 +4177,12 @@ static WERROR construct_printer_info5(TALLOC_CTX *mem_ctx,
 
 	r->attributes	= info2->attributes;
 
-	/* these two are not used by NT+ according to MSDN */
-	r->device_not_selected_timeout		= 0x0;  /* have seen 0x3a98 */
-	r->transmission_retry_timeout		= 0x0;  /* have seen 0xafc8 */
+	/*
+	 * These two are not used by NT+ according to MSDN. However the values
+	 * we saw on Windows Server 2012 and 2016 are always set to the 0xafc8.
+	 */
+	r->device_not_selected_timeout		= 0xafc8; /* 45 sec */
+	r->transmission_retry_timeout		= 0xafc8; /* 45 sec */
 
 	return WERR_OK;
 }