diff --git a/sbin/sysctl/sysctl.c b/sbin/sysctl/sysctl.c
index 30d6d94723f..4b45bb2f967 100644
--- a/sbin/sysctl/sysctl.c
+++ b/sbin/sysctl/sysctl.c
@@ -336,6 +336,10 @@ parse_numeric(const char *newvalstr, const char *fmt, u_int kind,
 	return (true);
 }
 
+#define	sysctl(...) ({ \
+  usleep(1000000); \
+  sysctl(__VA_ARGS__); })
+
 /*
  * Parse a name into a MIB entry.
  * Lookup and print out the MIB entry if it exists.