diff --git a/src/wallet/load.cpp b/src/wallet/load.cpp
index c06513588b5..6eb0ef5e7a5 100644
--- a/src/wallet/load.cpp
+++ b/src/wallet/load.cpp
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ void StartWallets(WalletContext& context, CScheduler& scheduler)
     if (context.args->GetBoolArg("-flushwallet", DEFAULT_FLUSHWALLET)) {
         scheduler.scheduleEvery([&context] { MaybeCompactWalletDB(context); }, std::chrono::milliseconds{500});
     }
-    scheduler.scheduleEvery([&context] { MaybeResendWalletTxs(context); }, std::chrono::milliseconds{1000});
+    scheduler.scheduleEvery([&context] { MaybeResendWalletTxs(context); }, 1min);
 }
 
 void FlushWallets(WalletContext& context)
diff --git a/test/functional/wallet_resendwallettransactions.py b/test/functional/wallet_resendwallettransactions.py
index 6552bfe60ce..7877c0a88f4 100755
--- a/test/functional/wallet_resendwallettransactions.py
+++ b/test/functional/wallet_resendwallettransactions.py
@@ -29,11 +29,11 @@ class ResendWalletTransactionsTest(BitcoinTestFramework):
         self.log.info("Create a new transaction and wait until it's broadcast")
         txid = node.sendtoaddress(node.getnewaddress(), 1)
 
-        # Wallet rebroadcast is first scheduled 1 sec after startup (see
+        # Wallet rebroadcast is first scheduled 1 min sec after startup (see
         # nNextResend in ResendWalletTransactions()). Tell scheduler to call
         # MaybeResendWalletTxn now to initialize nNextResend before the first
         # setmocktime call below.
-        node.mockscheduler(1)
+        node.mockscheduler(60)
 
         # Can take a few seconds due to transaction trickling
         peer_first.wait_for_broadcast([txid])
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ class ResendWalletTransactionsTest(BitcoinTestFramework):
         twelve_hrs = 12 * 60 * 60
         two_min = 2 * 60
         node.setmocktime(now + twelve_hrs - two_min)
-        node.mockscheduler(1)  # Tell scheduler to call MaybeResendWalletTxn now
+        node.mockscheduler(60)  # Tell scheduler to call MaybeResendWalletTxn now
         assert_equal(int(txid, 16) in peer_second.get_invs(), False)
 
         self.log.info("Bump time & check that transaction is rebroadcast")
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ class ResendWalletTransactionsTest(BitcoinTestFramework):
         with node.assert_debug_log(['ResendWalletTransactions: resubmit 1 unconfirmed transactions']):
             node.setmocktime(now + 36 * 60 * 60)
             # Tell scheduler to call MaybeResendWalletTxn now.
-            node.mockscheduler(1)
+            node.mockscheduler(60)
         # Give some time for trickle to occur
         node.setmocktime(now + 36 * 60 * 60 + 600)
         peer_second.wait_for_broadcast([txid])