diff --git a/fs/f2fs/f2fs.h b/fs/f2fs/f2fs.h
index 539aa724e389..a6ccb9a0f8a0 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/f2fs.h
+++ b/fs/f2fs/f2fs.h
@@ -580,8 +580,8 @@ enum {
 
 #define DEFAULT_RETRY_IO_COUNT	8	/* maximum retry read IO or flush count */
 
-/* congestion wait timeout value, default: 20ms */
-#define	DEFAULT_IO_TIMEOUT	(msecs_to_jiffies(20))
+/* congestion wait timeout value, default: 6ms */
+#define	DEFAULT_IO_TIMEOUT	(msecs_to_jiffies(6))
 
 /* maximum retry quota flush count */
 #define DEFAULT_RETRY_QUOTA_FLUSH_COUNT		8