diff --git a/event/sched/event-sched.c b/event/sched/event-sched.c
index 4ea7f2d38207474c9caa22f1e20d6b18816a9d44..2415da46212e4c8accf508e4863802d771f811a7 100644
--- a/event/sched/event-sched.c
+++ b/event/sched/event-sched.c
@@ -171,7 +171,10 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
 			info("Waiting for nodes in %s/%s to come up ...\n",
 			     pid, eid);
 
-		sleep(1);
+		/*
+		 * Don't want to pound the DB too much.
+		 */
+		sleep(3);
 	}
 
 	/*