diff --git a/lib/nvme/nvme_rdma.c b/lib/nvme/nvme_rdma.c
index 8ad3ffd0f13..1145f2eccb4 100644
--- a/lib/nvme/nvme_rdma.c
+++ b/lib/nvme/nvme_rdma.c
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@
 #define NVME_RDMA_NUM_CM_EVENTS			256
 
 /* CM event processing timeout */
-#define NVME_RDMA_QPAIR_CM_EVENT_TIMEOUT_US	100000
+#define NVME_RDMA_QPAIR_CM_EVENT_TIMEOUT_US	1000000
 
 struct spdk_nvmf_cmd {
 	struct spdk_nvme_cmd cmd;