diff --git a/OpenSim/Framework/Watchdog.cs b/OpenSim/Framework/Watchdog.cs
index 7552cd15b6..2b3a719daf 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Framework/Watchdog.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Framework/Watchdog.cs
@@ -41,8 +41,8 @@ namespace OpenSim.Framework
         /// <summary>Timer interval in milliseconds for the watchdog timer</summary>
         const double WATCHDOG_INTERVAL_MS = 2500.0d;
 
-        /// <summary>Maximum timeout in milliseconds before a thread is considered dead</summary>
-        public const int WATCHDOG_TIMEOUT_MS = 5000;
+        /// <summary>Default timeout in milliseconds before a thread is considered dead</summary>
+        public const int DEFAULT_WATCHDOG_TIMEOUT_MS = 5000;
 
         [System.Diagnostics.DebuggerDisplay("{Thread.Name}")]
         public class ThreadWatchdogInfo
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Framework
         public static Thread StartThread(
             ThreadStart start, string name, ThreadPriority priority, bool isBackground, bool alarmIfTimeout)
         {
-            return StartThread(start, name, priority, isBackground, alarmIfTimeout, null, WATCHDOG_TIMEOUT_MS);
+            return StartThread(start, name, priority, isBackground, alarmIfTimeout, null, DEFAULT_WATCHDOG_TIMEOUT_MS);
         }
 
         /// <summary>
diff --git a/OpenSim/Region/ClientStack/Linden/UDP/LLUDPServer.cs b/OpenSim/Region/ClientStack/Linden/UDP/LLUDPServer.cs
index 44c65e0460..468d5246ef 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Region/ClientStack/Linden/UDP/LLUDPServer.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Region/ClientStack/Linden/UDP/LLUDPServer.cs
@@ -270,7 +270,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.ClientStack.LindenUDP
                 false,
                 true,
                 GetWatchdogIncomingAlarmData,
-                Watchdog.WATCHDOG_TIMEOUT_MS);
+                Watchdog.DEFAULT_WATCHDOG_TIMEOUT_MS);
 
             Watchdog.StartThread(
                 OutgoingPacketHandler,
@@ -279,7 +279,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.ClientStack.LindenUDP
                 false,
                 true,
                 GetWatchdogOutgoingAlarmData,
-                Watchdog.WATCHDOG_TIMEOUT_MS);
+                Watchdog.DEFAULT_WATCHDOG_TIMEOUT_MS);
 
             m_elapsedMSSinceLastStatReport = Environment.TickCount;
         }