diff --git a/orchagent/portsorch.cpp b/orchagent/portsorch.cpp
index ceba79a398..575b5509c6 100644
--- a/orchagent/portsorch.cpp
+++ b/orchagent/portsorch.cpp
@@ -41,8 +41,8 @@ extern BufferOrch *gBufferOrch;
 #define DEFAULT_VLAN_ID     1
 #define PORT_FLEX_STAT_COUNTER_POLL_MSECS "1000"
 #define QUEUE_FLEX_STAT_COUNTER_POLL_MSECS "10000"
-#define QUEUE_WATERMARK_FLEX_STAT_COUNTER_POLL_MSECS "1000"
-#define PG_WATERMARK_FLEX_STAT_COUNTER_POLL_MSECS "1000"
+#define QUEUE_WATERMARK_FLEX_STAT_COUNTER_POLL_MSECS "10000"
+#define PG_WATERMARK_FLEX_STAT_COUNTER_POLL_MSECS "10000"
 
 
 static map<string, sai_port_fec_mode_t> fec_mode_map =
diff --git a/tests/test_watermark.py b/tests/test_watermark.py
index a3dc8ecf0f..80602929c9 100644
--- a/tests/test_watermark.py
+++ b/tests/test_watermark.py
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ class TestWatermark(object):
 
     DEFAULT_TELEMETRY_INTERVAL = 120
     NEW_INTERVAL = 5
+    DEFAULT_POLL_INTERVAL = 10
 
     def enable_unittests(self, dvs, status):
         db = swsscommon.DBConnector(swsscommon.ASIC_DB, dvs.redis_sock, 0)    
@@ -57,7 +58,7 @@ def populate_asic_all(self, dvs, val):
         self.populate_asic(dvs, "SAI_OBJECT_TYPE_QUEUE", SaiWmStats.queue_shared, val)
         self.populate_asic(dvs, "SAI_OBJECT_TYPE_INGRESS_PRIORITY_GROUP", SaiWmStats.pg_shared, val)
         self.populate_asic(dvs, "SAI_OBJECT_TYPE_INGRESS_PRIORITY_GROUP", SaiWmStats.pg_headroom, val)
-        time.sleep(1)       
+        time.sleep(self.DEFAULT_POLL_INTERVAL)
 
     def verify_value(self, dvs, obj_ids, table_name, watermark_name, expected_value):