diff --git a/protocols/ovsdb/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/ovsdb/controller/driver/DefaultOvsdbClient.java b/protocols/ovsdb/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/ovsdb/controller/driver/DefaultOvsdbClient.java
index d5fed14..e8dbcb5 100644
--- a/protocols/ovsdb/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/ovsdb/controller/driver/DefaultOvsdbClient.java
+++ b/protocols/ovsdb/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/ovsdb/controller/driver/DefaultOvsdbClient.java
@@ -90,6 +90,8 @@
 import java.util.Set;
 import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentMap;
 import java.util.concurrent.ExecutionException;
+import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
+import java.util.concurrent.TimeoutException;
 import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicReference;
 import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 
@@ -100,6 +102,8 @@
  */
 public class DefaultOvsdbClient implements OvsdbProviderService, OvsdbClientService {
 
+    private static final int TRANSACTCONFIG_TIMEOUT = 3; //sec
+
     private final Logger log = LoggerFactory.getLogger(DefaultOvsdbClient.class);
 
     private Channel channel;
@@ -958,8 +962,11 @@
 
         List<OperationResult> results;
         try {
-            results = transactConfig(DATABASENAME, operations).get();
+            results = transactConfig(DATABASENAME, operations)
+                    .get(TRANSACTCONFIG_TIMEOUT, TimeUnit.SECONDS);
             return results.get(0).getUuid().value();
+        } catch (TimeoutException e) {
+            log.warn("TimeoutException thrown while to get result");
         } catch (InterruptedException e) {
             log.warn("Interrupted while waiting to get result");
             Thread.currentThread().interrupt();
@@ -970,6 +977,7 @@
         return null;
     }
 
+
     /**
      * Handles port insert.
      *