diff --git a/drivers/usb/storage/usb.c b/drivers/usb/storage/usb.c
index e9f995486ec..bbeeb92a213 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/storage/usb.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/storage/usb.c
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ MODULE_AUTHOR("Matthew Dharm <mdharm-usb@one-eyed-alien.net>");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("USB Mass Storage driver for Linux");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
 
-static unsigned int delay_use = 5;
+static unsigned int delay_use = 1;
 module_param(delay_use, uint, S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(delay_use, "seconds to delay before using a new device");