diff --git a/lava_helper/lava_wait_jobs.py b/lava_helper/lava_wait_jobs.py
index 5f0ae42..90c0f5e 100755
--- a/lava_helper/lava_wait_jobs.py
+++ b/lava_helper/lava_wait_jobs.py
@@ -89,6 +89,7 @@
 def resubmit_failed_jobs(jobs, user_args):
     if not jobs:
         return []
+    time.sleep(2) # be friendly to LAVA
     failed_job = []
     os.makedirs('failed_jobs', exist_ok=True)
     for job_id, info in jobs.items():