Index: jackrabbit-core/src/main/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/core/cluster/ClusterNode.java
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--- jackrabbit-core/src/main/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/core/cluster/ClusterNode.java	(revision 1336008)
+++ jackrabbit-core/src/main/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/core/cluster/ClusterNode.java	(working copy)
@@ -224,6 +224,7 @@
         ClusterConfig cc = clusterContext.getClusterConfig();
         clusterNodeId = cc.getId();
         syncDelay = cc.getSyncDelay();
+        stopDelay = syncDelay * 2;
 
         try {
             journal = cc.getJournal(clusterContext.getNamespaceResolver());