diff --git a/weed/command/mount.go b/weed/command/mount.go
index 7bf59cdc7..42a79bd1f 100644
--- a/weed/command/mount.go
+++ b/weed/command/mount.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package command
 
 import (
 	"os"
+	"time"
 )
 
 type MountOptions struct {
@@ -25,9 +26,10 @@ type MountOptions struct {
 }
 
 var (
-	mountOptions    MountOptions
-	mountCpuProfile *string
-	mountMemProfile *string
+	mountOptions       MountOptions
+	mountCpuProfile    *string
+	mountMemProfile    *string
+	mountReadRetryTime *time.Duration
 )
 
 func init() {
@@ -46,11 +48,13 @@ func init() {
 	mountOptions.allowOthers = cmdMount.Flag.Bool("allowOthers", true, "allows other users to access the file system")
 	mountOptions.umaskString = cmdMount.Flag.String("umask", "022", "octal umask, e.g., 022, 0111")
 	mountOptions.nonempty = cmdMount.Flag.Bool("nonempty", false, "allows the mounting over a non-empty directory")
-	mountCpuProfile = cmdMount.Flag.String("cpuprofile", "", "cpu profile output file")
-	mountMemProfile = cmdMount.Flag.String("memprofile", "", "memory profile output file")
 	mountOptions.outsideContainerClusterMode = cmdMount.Flag.Bool("outsideContainerClusterMode", false, "allows other users to access the file system")
 	mountOptions.uidMap = cmdMount.Flag.String("map.uid", "", "map local uid to uid on filer, comma-separated <local_uid>:<filer_uid>")
 	mountOptions.gidMap = cmdMount.Flag.String("map.gid", "", "map local gid to gid on filer, comma-separated <local_gid>:<filer_gid>")
+
+	mountCpuProfile = cmdMount.Flag.String("cpuprofile", "", "cpu profile output file")
+	mountMemProfile = cmdMount.Flag.String("memprofile", "", "memory profile output file")
+	mountReadRetryTime = cmdMount.Flag.Duration("readRetryTime", 6*time.Second, "maximum read retry wait time")
 }
 
 var cmdMount = &Command{
diff --git a/weed/command/mount_std.go b/weed/command/mount_std.go
index 14374eb5c..20d08314c 100644
--- a/weed/command/mount_std.go
+++ b/weed/command/mount_std.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ package command
 import (
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
+	"github.com/chrislusf/seaweedfs/weed/filer"
 	"github.com/chrislusf/seaweedfs/weed/filesys/meta_cache"
 	"os"
 	"os/user"
@@ -29,6 +30,10 @@ import (
 func runMount(cmd *Command, args []string) bool {
 
 	grace.SetupProfiling(*mountCpuProfile, *mountMemProfile)
+	if *mountReadRetryTime < time.Second {
+		*mountReadRetryTime = time.Second
+	}
+	filer.ReadWaitTime = *mountReadRetryTime
 
 	umask, umaskErr := strconv.ParseUint(*mountOptions.umaskString, 8, 64)
 	if umaskErr != nil {
diff --git a/weed/filer/filechunk_manifest.go b/weed/filer/filechunk_manifest.go
index 9e53e008f..2df8a4bbf 100644
--- a/weed/filer/filechunk_manifest.go
+++ b/weed/filer/filechunk_manifest.go
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ func retriedFetchChunkData(urlStrings []string, cipherKey []byte, isGzipped bool
 	var err error
 	var buffer bytes.Buffer
 
-	for waitTime := time.Second; waitTime < 10*time.Second; waitTime += waitTime / 2 {
+	for waitTime := time.Second; waitTime < ReadWaitTime; waitTime += waitTime / 2 {
 		for _, urlString := range urlStrings {
 			err = util.ReadUrlAsStream(urlString, cipherKey, isGzipped, isFullChunk, offset, size, func(data []byte) {
 				buffer.Write(data)
diff --git a/weed/filer/reader_at.go b/weed/filer/reader_at.go
index 4d0cde850..835d6cfc2 100644
--- a/weed/filer/reader_at.go
+++ b/weed/filer/reader_at.go
@@ -14,6 +14,10 @@ import (
 	"time"
 )
 
+var (
+	ReadWaitTime = 6 * time.Second
+)
+
 type ChunkReadAt struct {
 	masterClient *wdclient.MasterClient
 	chunkViews   []*ChunkView
@@ -39,7 +43,7 @@ func LookupFn(filerClient filer_pb.FilerClient) LookupFileIdFunctionType {
 		locations, found := vidCache[vid]
 
 		waitTime := time.Second
-		for !found && waitTime < 6*time.Second {
+		for !found && waitTime < ReadWaitTime {
 			// println("looking up volume", vid)
 			err = filerClient.WithFilerClient(func(client filer_pb.SeaweedFilerClient) error {
 				resp, err := client.LookupVolume(context.Background(), &filer_pb.LookupVolumeRequest{