diff --git a/providers/netconf/device/src/main/java/org/onosproject/provider/netconf/device/impl/NetconfDeviceProvider.java b/providers/netconf/device/src/main/java/org/onosproject/provider/netconf/device/impl/NetconfDeviceProvider.java
index f8db0f4..0101790 100644
--- a/providers/netconf/device/src/main/java/org/onosproject/provider/netconf/device/impl/NetconfDeviceProvider.java
+++ b/providers/netconf/device/src/main/java/org/onosproject/provider/netconf/device/impl/NetconfDeviceProvider.java
@@ -127,10 +127,10 @@
     private static final String PORT = "port";
     private static final int CORE_POOL_SIZE = 10;
 
-    private static final int DEFAULT_POLL_FREQUENCY_SECONDS = 10;
+    private static final int DEFAULT_POLL_FREQUENCY_SECONDS = 30;
     @Property(name = "pollFrequency", intValue = DEFAULT_POLL_FREQUENCY_SECONDS,
             label = "Configure poll frequency for port status and statistics; " +
-                    "default is 10 sec")
+                    "default is 30 sec")
     private int pollFrequency = DEFAULT_POLL_FREQUENCY_SECONDS;
 
     protected final ExecutorService executor =