diff --git a/include/linux/drbd_limits.h b/include/linux/drbd_limits.h
index 3627f760966e..82db83410f08 100644
--- a/include/linux/drbd_limits.h
+++ b/include/linux/drbd_limits.h
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@
 
  /* timeout for the ping packets.*/
 #define DRBD_PING_TIMEO_MIN  1
-#define DRBD_PING_TIMEO_MAX  100
+#define DRBD_PING_TIMEO_MAX  300
 #define DRBD_PING_TIMEO_DEF  5
 
   /* max number of write requests between write barriers */