diff --git a/st2common/bin/st2ctl b/st2common/bin/st2ctl
index 40e243100b..e59b735835 100755
--- a/st2common/bin/st2ctl
+++ b/st2common/bin/st2ctl
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ case ${1} in
   restart)
     must_be_root
     st2stop
-    sleep 1
+    sleep 10
     st2start
     getpids
     ;;