diff --git a/etc/neutron/plugins/vmware/nsx.ini b/etc/neutron/plugins/vmware/nsx.ini
index f30c501f99..e6add19971 100644
--- a/etc/neutron/plugins/vmware/nsx.ini
+++ b/etc/neutron/plugins/vmware/nsx.ini
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@
 # as soon as the previous is completed.
 # If this value is set to 0, the state synchronization thread for this
 # Neutron instance will be disabled.
-# state_sync_interval = 120
+# state_sync_interval = 10
 
 # Random additional delay between two runs of the state synchronization task.
 # An additional wait time between 0 and max_random_sync_delay seconds
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@
 # interval between two subsequent requests.
 # The value for this parameter must never exceed state_sync_interval.
 # If this does, an error will be raised at startup.
-# min_sync_req_delay = 10
+# min_sync_req_delay = 1
 
 # Minimum number of resources to be retrieved from NSX in a single status
 # synchronization request.
diff --git a/neutron/plugins/vmware/common/config.py b/neutron/plugins/vmware/common/config.py
index 9f1b73534b..8b135da8bc 100644
--- a/neutron/plugins/vmware/common/config.py
+++ b/neutron/plugins/vmware/common/config.py
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ base_opts = [
 ]
 
 sync_opts = [
-    cfg.IntOpt('state_sync_interval', default=120,
+    cfg.IntOpt('state_sync_interval', default=10,
                deprecated_group='NVP_SYNC',
                help=_("Interval in seconds between runs of the state "
                       "synchronization task. Set it to 0 to disable it")),
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ sync_opts = [
                help=_("Maximum value for the additional random "
                       "delay in seconds between runs of the state "
                       "synchronization task")),
-    cfg.IntOpt('min_sync_req_delay', default=10,
+    cfg.IntOpt('min_sync_req_delay', default=1,
                deprecated_group='NVP_SYNC',
                help=_('Minimum delay, in seconds, between two state '
                       'synchronization queries to NSX. It must not '