diff --git a/testcases/PowerNVDump.py b/testcases/PowerNVDump.py
index d349b408..08c4df09 100644
--- a/testcases/PowerNVDump.py
+++ b/testcases/PowerNVDump.py
@@ -247,7 +247,7 @@ def verify_dump_file(self, boot_type=BootType.NORMAL, dump_place="local"):
         if self.distro == "rhel":
             self.cv_HOST.host_run_command("cp /etc/kdump.conf_bck /etc/kdump.conf", timeout=60)
         if self.distro == "sles":
-            self.cv_HOST.host_run_command("cp /etc/sysconfig/kdump_bck /etc/sysconfig/kdump")
+            self.cv_HOST.host_run_command("cp /etc/sysconfig/kdump_bck /etc/sysconfig/kdump", timeout=60)
         if dump_place == "local":
             crash_content_after = self.c.run_command(
                 "ls -l /var/crash | grep '^d'| awk '{print $9}'")