diff --git a/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/update/SolrCmdDistributor.java b/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/update/SolrCmdDistributor.java
index 3a65f170d7b..d7388f0062c 100644
--- a/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/update/SolrCmdDistributor.java
+++ b/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/update/SolrCmdDistributor.java
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ public class SolrCmdDistributor implements Closeable {
     if (resubmitList.size() > 0) {
       // Only backoff once for the full batch
       try {
-        int backoffTime = retryPause * resubmitList.get(0).req.retries;
+        int backoffTime = Math.min(retryPause * resubmitList.get(0).req.retries, 2000);
         log.debug("Sleeping {}ms before re-submitting {} requests", backoffTime, resubmitList.size());
         Thread.sleep(backoffTime);
       } catch (InterruptedException e) {