diff --git a/setup/so-functions b/setup/so-functions
index 13ed6cda3..4398cfbcc 100755
--- a/setup/so-functions
+++ b/setup/so-functions
@@ -2304,7 +2304,7 @@ salt_checkin() {
 					fi
 					sleep 1;
 					((count++))
-					((timeout+=30)) # add 20s to the timeout each attempt
+					((timeout+=30)) # add 30s to the timeout each attempt
 				done
 
 				count=1
@@ -2319,7 +2319,7 @@ salt_checkin() {
 					systemctl start salt-minion
 					sleep 1;
 					((count++))
-					((timeout+=30)) # add 20s to the timeout each attempt
+					((timeout+=30)) # add 30s to the timeout each attempt
 				done
 
 				echo " Confirming existence of the CA certificate"