diff --git a/src/kademlia/dht_tracker.cpp b/src/kademlia/dht_tracker.cpp
index d1f4f9935..476b89f0a 100644
--- a/src/kademlia/dht_tracker.cpp
+++ b/src/kademlia/dht_tracker.cpp
@@ -262,7 +262,7 @@ namespace libtorrent { namespace dht
 		m_timer.expires_from_now(seconds(1), ec);
 		m_timer.async_wait(boost::bind(&dht_tracker::tick, self(), _1));
 
-		m_connection_timer.expires_from_now(seconds(10), ec);
+		m_connection_timer.expires_from_now(seconds(1), ec);
 		m_connection_timer.async_wait(
 			boost::bind(&dht_tracker::connection_timeout, self(), _1));