diff --git a/ydb/library/grpc/actor_client/grpc_service_client.h b/ydb/library/grpc/actor_client/grpc_service_client.h
index e51d1483f4c5..3ee1378b4dcb 100644
--- a/ydb/library/grpc/actor_client/grpc_service_client.h
+++ b/ydb/library/grpc/actor_client/grpc_service_client.h
@@ -117,7 +117,8 @@ class TGrpcServiceClient  {
     }
 
     static NYdbGrpc::TGRpcClientConfig InitGrpcConfig(const NGrpcActorClient::TGrpcClientSettings& settings) {
-        NYdbGrpc::TGRpcClientConfig config(settings.Endpoint, DEFAULT_TIMEOUT, NYdbGrpc::DEFAULT_GRPC_MESSAGE_SIZE_LIMIT, 0, settings.CertificateRootCA);
+        const TDuration effectiveTimeout = settings.RequestTimeoutMs ? TDuration::Milliseconds(settings.RequestTimeoutMs) : DEFAULT_TIMEOUT;
+        NYdbGrpc::TGRpcClientConfig config(settings.Endpoint, effectiveTimeout, NYdbGrpc::DEFAULT_GRPC_MESSAGE_SIZE_LIMIT, 0, settings.CertificateRootCA);
         config.EnableSsl = settings.EnableSsl;
         config.IntChannelParams[GRPC_ARG_KEEPALIVE_TIME_MS] = settings.GrpcKeepAliveTimeMs;
         config.IntChannelParams[GRPC_ARG_KEEPALIVE_TIMEOUT_MS] = settings.GrpcKeepAliveTimeoutMs;