diff --git a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/include/lustre_dlm.h b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/include/lustre_dlm.h
index 48cb6f89cb0a..25437b7c2026 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/include/lustre_dlm.h
+++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/include/lustre_dlm.h
@@ -1643,7 +1643,7 @@ void unlock_res_and_lock(struct ldlm_lock *lock);
  * There are not used outside of ldlm.
  * @{
  */
-void ldlm_pools_recalc(ldlm_side_t client);
+int ldlm_pools_recalc(ldlm_side_t client);
 int ldlm_pools_init(void);
 void ldlm_pools_fini(void);
 
diff --git a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/ldlm/ldlm_pool.c b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/ldlm/ldlm_pool.c
index 1e6802fa0a7b..3277a0dca31e 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/ldlm/ldlm_pool.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/ldlm/ldlm_pool.c
@@ -578,7 +578,6 @@ int ldlm_pool_recalc(struct ldlm_pool *pl)
 		goto recalc;
 
 	spin_lock(&pl->pl_lock);
-	recalc_interval_sec = cfs_time_current_sec() - pl->pl_recalc_time;
 	if (recalc_interval_sec > 0) {
 		/*
 		 * Update pool statistics every 1s.
@@ -598,12 +597,12 @@ int ldlm_pool_recalc(struct ldlm_pool *pl)
 		count = pl->pl_ops->po_recalc(pl);
 		lprocfs_counter_add(pl->pl_stats, LDLM_POOL_RECALC_STAT,
 				    count);
-		return count;
 	}
+	recalc_interval_sec = pl->pl_recalc_time - cfs_time_current_sec() +
+			      pl->pl_recalc_period;
 
-	return 0;
+	return recalc_interval_sec;
 }
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(ldlm_pool_recalc);
 
 /**
  * Pool shrink wrapper. Will call either client or server pool recalc callback
@@ -1144,12 +1143,13 @@ static int ldlm_pools_cli_shrink(SHRINKER_ARGS(sc, nr_to_scan, gfp_mask))
 				 shrink_param(sc, gfp_mask));
 }
 
-void ldlm_pools_recalc(ldlm_side_t client)
+int ldlm_pools_recalc(ldlm_side_t client)
 {
 	__u32 nr_l = 0, nr_p = 0, l;
 	struct ldlm_namespace *ns;
 	struct ldlm_namespace *ns_old = NULL;
 	int nr, equal = 0;
+	int time = 50; /* seconds of sleep if no active namespaces */
 
 	/*
 	 * No need to setup pool limit for client pools.
@@ -1285,16 +1285,22 @@ void ldlm_pools_recalc(ldlm_side_t client)
 		 * After setup is done - recalc the pool.
 		 */
 		if (!skip) {
-			ldlm_pool_recalc(&ns->ns_pool);
+			int ttime = ldlm_pool_recalc(&ns->ns_pool);
+
+			if (ttime < time)
+				time = ttime;
+
 			ldlm_namespace_put(ns);
 		}
 	}
+	return time;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(ldlm_pools_recalc);
 
 static int ldlm_pools_thread_main(void *arg)
 {
 	struct ptlrpc_thread *thread = (struct ptlrpc_thread *)arg;
+	int s_time, c_time;
 	ENTRY;
 
 	thread_set_flags(thread, SVC_RUNNING);
@@ -1309,14 +1315,14 @@ static int ldlm_pools_thread_main(void *arg)
 		/*
 		 * Recal all pools on this tick.
 		 */
-		ldlm_pools_recalc(LDLM_NAMESPACE_SERVER);
-		ldlm_pools_recalc(LDLM_NAMESPACE_CLIENT);
+		s_time = ldlm_pools_recalc(LDLM_NAMESPACE_SERVER);
+		c_time = ldlm_pools_recalc(LDLM_NAMESPACE_CLIENT);
 
 		/*
 		 * Wait until the next check time, or until we're
 		 * stopped.
 		 */
-		lwi = LWI_TIMEOUT(cfs_time_seconds(LDLM_POOLS_THREAD_PERIOD),
+		lwi = LWI_TIMEOUT(cfs_time_seconds(min(s_time, c_time)),
 				  NULL, NULL);
 		l_wait_event(thread->t_ctl_waitq,
 			     thread_is_stopping(thread) ||