diff --git a/src/java/org/apache/solr/handler/SnapPuller.java b/src/java/org/apache/solr/handler/SnapPuller.java
index 1f95beac7ea..32fecdc088f 100644
--- a/src/java/org/apache/solr/handler/SnapPuller.java
+++ b/src/java/org/apache/solr/handler/SnapPuller.java
@@ -114,8 +114,8 @@ public class SnapPuller {
     // no requests are kept waiting for an idle connection.
     mgr.getParams().setDefaultMaxConnectionsPerHost(10000);
     mgr.getParams().setMaxTotalConnections(10000);
-    mgr.getParams().setSoTimeout(connTimeout == null ? 20000 : Integer.parseInt(connTimeout)); //20 secs
-    mgr.getParams().setConnectionTimeout(readTimeout == null ? 5000 : Integer.parseInt(readTimeout)); //5 secs
+    mgr.getParams().setSoTimeout(readTimeout == null ? 20000 : Integer.parseInt(readTimeout)); //20 secs
+    mgr.getParams().setConnectionTimeout(connTimeout == null ? 5000 : Integer.parseInt(connTimeout)); //5 secs
     HttpClient httpClient = new HttpClient(mgr);
     if (client == null && connTimeout == null && readTimeout == null) client = httpClient;
     return httpClient;