diff --git a/jstests/sharding/repro.js b/jstests/sharding/repro.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..dcb1ca996ee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/jstests/sharding/repro.js
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+/**
+ *
+ */
+(function() {
+"use strict";
+
+var st = new ShardingTest({
+    shards: 1,
+    config: 1,
+    mongos: 1
+});
+
+const dbName = "test";
+const collName = "foo";
+const ns = dbName + "." + collName;
+const db = st.s.getDB(dbName);
+
+assert.commandWorked(st.s.adminCommand({enableSharding: dbName}));
+assert.commandWorked(st.s.adminCommand({shardCollection: ns, key: {_id: 1}}));
+
+assert.commandFailedWithCode(db.adminCommand({reshardCollection: ns, key: {newKey: 1}, maxTimeMS: 100}), ErrorCodes.MaxTimeMSExpired);
+
+// Let the resharding finish
+sleep(60*1000);
+
+st.stop();
+})();
diff --git a/src/mongo/db/s/reshard_collection_coordinator.cpp b/src/mongo/db/s/reshard_collection_coordinator.cpp
index 452f17fdaf6..f467e0d942d 100644
--- a/src/mongo/db/s/reshard_collection_coordinator.cpp
+++ b/src/mongo/db/s/reshard_collection_coordinator.cpp
@@ -64,6 +64,8 @@ SemiFuture<void> ReshardCollectionCoordinator::runImpl(
             configsvrReshardCollection.setZones(_request.getZones());
             configsvrReshardCollection.setNumInitialChunks(_request.getNumInitialChunks());
 
+            sleepsecs(1);
+
             auto configShard = Grid::get(opCtx)->shardRegistry()->getConfigShard();
             const auto cmdResponse = uassertStatusOK(configShard->runCommandWithFixedRetryAttempts(
                 opCtx,