diff --git a/etc/neutron/plugins/vmware/nsx.ini b/etc/neutron/plugins/vmware/nsx.ini
index e270df57d6..6ce36c04bf 100644
--- a/etc/neutron/plugins/vmware/nsx.ini
+++ b/etc/neutron/plugins/vmware/nsx.ini
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 # req_timeout = 30
 
 # Time before aborting a request on an unresponsive controller
-# http_timeout = 10
+# http_timeout = 30
 
 # Maximum number of times a particular request should be retried
 # retries = 2
diff --git a/neutron/plugins/vmware/api_client/request.py b/neutron/plugins/vmware/api_client/request.py
index f43dff440f..70e7dcef49 100644
--- a/neutron/plugins/vmware/api_client/request.py
+++ b/neutron/plugins/vmware/api_client/request.py
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ from neutron.plugins.vmware import api_client
 LOG = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 DEFAULT_REQUEST_TIMEOUT = 30
-DEFAULT_HTTP_TIMEOUT = 10
+DEFAULT_HTTP_TIMEOUT = 30
 DEFAULT_RETRIES = 2
 DEFAULT_REDIRECTS = 2
 DEFAULT_API_REQUEST_POOL_SIZE = 1000
diff --git a/neutron/plugins/vmware/common/config.py b/neutron/plugins/vmware/common/config.py
index 848d6bded7..c75f982a63 100644
--- a/neutron/plugins/vmware/common/config.py
+++ b/neutron/plugins/vmware/common/config.py
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ connection_opts = [
                default=30,
                help=_('Total time limit for a cluster request')),
     cfg.IntOpt('http_timeout',
-               default=10,
+               default=30,
                help=_('Time before aborting a request')),
     cfg.IntOpt('retries',
                default=2,
diff --git a/neutron/tests/unit/vmware/test_nsx_opts.py b/neutron/tests/unit/vmware/test_nsx_opts.py
index a5829810c6..6bdfc34087 100644
--- a/neutron/tests/unit/vmware/test_nsx_opts.py
+++ b/neutron/tests/unit/vmware/test_nsx_opts.py
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ class ConfigurationTest(base.BaseTestCase):
         self.assertEqual('admin', cfg.CONF.nsx_user)
         self.assertEqual('admin', cfg.CONF.nsx_password)
         self.assertEqual(30, cfg.CONF.req_timeout)
-        self.assertEqual(10, cfg.CONF.http_timeout)
+        self.assertEqual(30, cfg.CONF.http_timeout)
         self.assertEqual(2, cfg.CONF.retries)
         self.assertEqual(2, cfg.CONF.redirects)
         self.assertIsNone(cfg.CONF.nsx_controllers)