diff --git a/tools/perf/util/addr2line.c b/tools/perf/util/addr2line.c
index f2d94a3272d7..a8b39f4f202b 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/addr2line.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/addr2line.c
@@ -18,8 +18,8 @@
 
 #define MAX_INLINE_NEST 1024
 
-/* If addr2line doesn't return data for 1 second then timeout. */
-int addr2line_timeout_ms = 1 * 1000;
+/* If addr2line doesn't return data for 5 seconds then timeout. */
+int addr2line_timeout_ms = 5 * 1000;
 
 static int filename_split(char *filename, unsigned int *line_nr)
 {