diff --git a/les/clientpool.go b/les/clientpool.go
index cff5f41edd..b16c7202ae 100644
--- a/les/clientpool.go
+++ b/les/clientpool.go
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ import (
 const (
 	negBalanceExpTC      = time.Hour        // time constant for exponentially reducing negative balance
 	fixedPointMultiplier = 0x1000000        // constant to convert logarithms to fixed point format
-	connectedBias        = time.Minute      // this bias is applied in favor of already connected clients in order to avoid kicking them out very soon
+	connectedBias        = time.Minute * 5  // this bias is applied in favor of already connected clients in order to avoid kicking them out very soon
 	lazyQueueRefresh     = time.Second * 10 // refresh period of the connected queue
 )