diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ipc/Client.java b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ipc/Client.java
index ea79887273..2219dece9a 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ipc/Client.java
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ipc/Client.java
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@
 public class Client implements AutoCloseable {
   
   public static final Logger LOG = LoggerFactory.getLogger(Client.class);
+  private static final int STOP_SLEEP_TIME_MS = 10;
 
   /** A counter for generating call IDs. */
   private static final AtomicInteger callIdCounter = new AtomicInteger();
@@ -1353,7 +1354,7 @@ public void stop() {
     // wait until all connections are closed
     while (!connections.isEmpty()) {
       try {
-        Thread.sleep(100);
+        Thread.sleep(STOP_SLEEP_TIME_MS);
       } catch (InterruptedException e) {
       }
     }