diff --git a/indra/llcharacter/llkeyframewalkmotion.cpp b/indra/llcharacter/llkeyframewalkmotion.cpp
index 8230379d3..9983be4f5 100644
--- a/indra/llcharacter/llkeyframewalkmotion.cpp
+++ b/indra/llcharacter/llkeyframewalkmotion.cpp
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ const F32 MAX_WALK_PLAYBACK_SPEED = 8.f;		// max m/s for which we adjust walk cy
 const F32 MIN_WALK_SPEED = 0.1f;				// minimum speed at which we use velocity for down foot detection
 const F32 TIME_EPSILON = 0.001f;				// minumum frame time
 const F32 MAX_TIME_DELTA = 2.f;					// max two seconds a frame for calculating interpolation
-F32 SPEED_ADJUST_MAX_SEC = 2.f;					// maximum adjustment to walk animation playback speed for a second
+const F32 SPEED_ADJUST_MAX_SEC = 3.f;					// maximum adjustment to walk animation playback speed for a second
 F32 ANIM_SPEED_MAX = 1.5f;						// absolute upper limit on animation speed
 const F32 DRIFT_COMP_MAX_TOTAL = 0.1f;			// maximum drift compensation overall, in any direction 
 const F32 DRIFT_COMP_MAX_SPEED = 4.f;			// speed at which drift compensation total maxes out