diff --git a/question/type/ddimageortext/yui/dd/dd.js b/question/type/ddimageortext/yui/dd/dd.js
index 32c199795ef..0d21ec45d81 100644
--- a/question/type/ddimageortext/yui/dd/dd.js
+++ b/question/type/ddimageortext/yui/dd/dd.js
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ YUI.add('moodle-qtype_ddimagetoimage-dd', function(Y) {
             } else if (this.polltimer === null) {
                 var pollarguments = [null, waitforimageconstrain, pause, doafterwords];
                 this.polltimer =
-                            Y.later(500, this, this.poll_for_image_load, pollarguments, true);
+                            Y.later(1000, this, this.poll_for_image_load, pollarguments, true);
             }
         },
         /**
diff --git a/question/type/ddimageortext/yui/form/form.js b/question/type/ddimageortext/yui/form/form.js
index 28b1ac814f1..039bd633622 100644
--- a/question/type/ddimageortext/yui/form/form.js
+++ b/question/type/ddimageortext/yui/form/form.js
@@ -40,9 +40,9 @@ YUI.add('moodle-qtype_ddimagetoimage-form', function(Y) {
                 this.doc.drag_image_homes()
                                         .on('load', this.constrain_image_size, this, 'dragimage');
                 this.doc.bg_img().after('load', this.poll_for_image_load, this,
-                                                        true, 1000, this.after_all_images_loaded);
+                                                        true, 3000, this.after_all_images_loaded);
                 this.doc.drag_image_homes() .after('load', this.poll_for_image_load, this,
-                                                        true, 1000, this.after_all_images_loaded);
+                                                        true, 3000, this.after_all_images_loaded);
             } else {
                 this.setup_form_events();
             }