diff --git a/pkg/replication/replication_mode.go b/pkg/replication/replication_mode.go
index 1a94abb09fe..03ed336fd9f 100644
--- a/pkg/replication/replication_mode.go
+++ b/pkg/replication/replication_mode.go
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ type FileReplicater interface {
 }
 
 const drStatusFile = "DR_STATE"
-const persistFileTimeout = time.Second * 10
+const persistFileTimeout = time.Second * 3
 
 // ModeManager is used to control how raft logs are synchronized between
 // different tikv nodes.