diff --git a/qa/rpc-tests/wallet_protectcoinbase.py b/qa/rpc-tests/wallet_protectcoinbase.py
index d072c8ce6..06e845bfb 100755
--- a/qa/rpc-tests/wallet_protectcoinbase.py
+++ b/qa/rpc-tests/wallet_protectcoinbase.py
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ class WalletProtectCoinbaseTest (BitcoinTestFramework):
         print('waiting for async operation {}'.format(myopid))
         opids = []
         opids.append(myopid)
-        timeout = 120
+        timeout = 300
         status = None
         errormsg = None
         for x in xrange(1, timeout):