diff --git a/src/mesa/drivers/dri/i965/intel_screen.c b/src/mesa/drivers/dri/i965/intel_screen.c
index c0f5c92..00663b5 100644
--- a/src/mesa/drivers/dri/i965/intel_screen.c
+++ b/src/mesa/drivers/dri/i965/intel_screen.c
@@ -1127,7 +1127,7 @@ static bool
 intel_detect_timestamp(struct intel_screen *screen)
 {
    uint64_t dummy = 0;
-   int loop = 10;
+   int loop = 10000;
 
    /*
     * On 32bit systems, some old kernels trigger a hw bug resulting in the