diff --git a/show/muxcable.py b/show/muxcable.py
index 837e362789..5df4bd8c2a 100644
--- a/show/muxcable.py
+++ b/show/muxcable.py
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 
 REDIS_TIMEOUT_MSECS = 0
 SELECT_TIMEOUT = 1000
-HWMODE_MUXDIRECTION_TIMEOUT = 0.1
+HWMODE_MUXDIRECTION_TIMEOUT = 0.5
 
 # The empty namespace refers to linux host namespace.
 EMPTY_NAMESPACE = ''