diff --git a/neutron/plugins/ml2/drivers/ovn/mech_driver/mech_driver.py b/neutron/plugins/ml2/drivers/ovn/mech_driver/mech_driver.py
index 2ebecfbcb82..3f0aa1f2493 100644
--- a/neutron/plugins/ml2/drivers/ovn/mech_driver/mech_driver.py
+++ b/neutron/plugins/ml2/drivers/ovn/mech_driver/mech_driver.py
@@ -1055,7 +1055,8 @@ class OVNMechanismDriver(api.MechanismDriver):
 
     def delete_mac_binding_entries(self, external_ip):
         """Delete all MAC_Binding entries associated to this IP address"""
-        cmd = ['ovsdb-client', 'transact', ovn_conf.get_ovn_sb_connection()]
+        cmd = ['ovsdb-client', 'transact', ovn_conf.get_ovn_sb_connection(),
+               '--timeout', str(ovn_conf.get_ovn_ovsdb_timeout())]
 
         if ovn_conf.get_ovn_sb_private_key():
             cmd += ['-p', ovn_conf.get_ovn_sb_private_key(), '-c',
diff --git a/neutron/tests/unit/plugins/ml2/drivers/ovn/mech_driver/test_mech_driver.py b/neutron/tests/unit/plugins/ml2/drivers/ovn/mech_driver/test_mech_driver.py
index 83528059a70..4bf921d7589 100644
--- a/neutron/tests/unit/plugins/ml2/drivers/ovn/mech_driver/test_mech_driver.py
+++ b/neutron/tests/unit/plugins/ml2/drivers/ovn/mech_driver/test_mech_driver.py
@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@ class TestOVNMechanismDriver(test_plugin.Ml2PluginV2TestCase):
         self.mech_driver._nb_ovn = fakes.FakeOvsdbNbOvnIdl()
         self.mech_driver._sb_ovn = fakes.FakeOvsdbSbOvnIdl()
         self.mech_driver._ovn_client._qos_driver = mock.Mock()
+        cfg.CONF.set_override('ovsdb_connection_timeout', 30, group='ovn')
         self.nb_ovn = self.mech_driver._nb_ovn
         self.sb_ovn = self.mech_driver._sb_ovn
 
@@ -116,7 +117,7 @@ class TestOVNMechanismDriver(test_plugin.Ml2PluginV2TestCase):
 
     def test_delete_mac_binding_entries(self):
         self.config(group='ovn', ovn_sb_private_key=None)
-        expected = ('ovsdb-client transact tcp:127.0.0.1:6642 '
+        expected = ('ovsdb-client transact tcp:127.0.0.1:6642 --timeout 30 '
                    '\'["OVN_Southbound", {"op": "delete", "table": '
                    '"MAC_Binding", "where": [["ip", "==", "1.1.1.1"]]}]\'')
         with mock.patch.object(processutils, 'execute') as mock_execute:
@@ -128,7 +129,7 @@ class TestOVNMechanismDriver(test_plugin.Ml2PluginV2TestCase):
         self.config(group='ovn', ovn_sb_private_key='pk')
         self.config(group='ovn', ovn_sb_certificate='cert')
         self.config(group='ovn', ovn_sb_ca_cert='ca')
-        expected = ('ovsdb-client transact tcp:127.0.0.1:6642 '
+        expected = ('ovsdb-client transact tcp:127.0.0.1:6642 --timeout 30 '
                    '-p pk -c cert -C ca '
                    '\'["OVN_Southbound", {"op": "delete", "table": '
                    '"MAC_Binding", "where": [["ip", "==", "1.1.1.1"]]}]\'')