diff --git a/include/dba.php b/include/dba.php
index 3e62da892..d310ad04c 100644
--- a/include/dba.php
+++ b/include/dba.php
@@ -675,8 +675,8 @@ class dba {
 
 		$args = func_get_args();
 
-		// In a case of a deadlock we are repeating the query 10 times
-		$timeout = 10;
+		// In a case of a deadlock we are repeating the query 20 times
+		$timeout = 20;
 
 		do {
 			$stmt = call_user_func_array('self::p', $args);
diff --git a/include/poller.php b/include/poller.php
index e0b83dd73..0c92d0087 100644
--- a/include/poller.php
+++ b/include/poller.php
@@ -649,11 +649,15 @@ function find_worker_processes() {
  */
 function poller_worker_process() {
 
+	$stamp = (float)microtime(true);
+
 	$timeout = 10;
 	do {
 		$found = find_worker_processes();
 	} while (!$found && (poller_total_entries() > 0) && (--$timeout > 0));
 
+	logger('Duration: '.number_format(microtime(true) - $stamp, 3), LOGGER_DEBUG);
+
 	if ($found) {
 		$r = q("SELECT * FROM `workerqueue` WHERE `pid` = %d", intval(getmypid()));
 	}