diff --git a/src/apps/sntp/sntp.c b/src/apps/sntp/sntp.c
index 1ff55eee..23731e51 100644
--- a/src/apps/sntp/sntp.c
+++ b/src/apps/sntp/sntp.c
@@ -383,6 +383,8 @@ sntp_retry(void *arg)
     if ((new_retry_timeout <= SNTP_RETRY_TIMEOUT_MAX) &&
         (new_retry_timeout > sntp_retry_timeout)) {
       sntp_retry_timeout = new_retry_timeout;
+    } else {
+      sntp_retry_timeout = SNTP_RETRY_TIMEOUT_MAX;
     }
   }
 #endif /* SNTP_RETRY_TIMEOUT_EXP */