diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/network/nxos/nxos_rollback.py b/lib/ansible/modules/network/nxos/nxos_rollback.py
index d93cf44020b..1af7b8bdf2a 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/network/nxos/nxos_rollback.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/network/nxos/nxos_rollback.py
@@ -563,7 +563,7 @@ class Nxapi(object):
             headers['Cookie'] = self._nxapi_auth
 
         response, headers = fetch_url(self.module, self.url, data=data,
-                headers=headers, method='POST')
+                headers=headers, method='POST', timeout=20)
 
         self._nxapi_auth = headers.get('set-cookie')