diff --git a/pkg/applicationmanager/controllers/applicationrestore.go b/pkg/applicationmanager/controllers/applicationrestore.go
index c532f31a69..2b017e8ffb 100644
--- a/pkg/applicationmanager/controllers/applicationrestore.go
+++ b/pkg/applicationmanager/controllers/applicationrestore.go
@@ -688,6 +688,22 @@ func (a *ApplicationRestoreController) restoreVolumes(restore *storkapi.Applicat
 					}
 				}
 			}
+			// Get restore volume batch sleep interval
+			volumeBatchSleepInterval, err := time.ParseDuration(k8sutils.DefaultRestoreVolumeBatchSleepInterval)
+			if err != nil {
+				logrus.Infof("error in parsing default restore volume sleep interval %s", k8sutils.DefaultRestoreVolumeBatchSleepInterval)
+			}
+			RestoreVolumeBatchSleepInterval, err := k8sutils.GetConfigValue(k8sutils.StorkControllerConfigMapName, metav1.NamespaceSystem, k8sutils.RestoreVolumeBatchSleepIntervalKey)
+			if err != nil {
+				logrus.Infof("error in reading %v cm, switching to default restore volume sleep interval", k8sutils.StorkControllerConfigMapName)
+			} else {
+				if len(RestoreVolumeBatchSleepInterval) != 0 {
+					volumeBatchSleepInterval, err = time.ParseDuration(RestoreVolumeBatchSleepInterval)
+					if err != nil {
+						logrus.Infof("error in conversion of volumeBatchSleepInterval: %v", err)
+					}
+				}
+			}
 
 			for i := 0; i < len(backupVolInfos); i += batchCount {
 				batchVolInfo := backupVolInfos[i:min(i+batchCount, len(backupVolInfos))]
@@ -724,7 +740,7 @@ func (a *ApplicationRestoreController) restoreVolumes(restore *storkapi.Applicat
 					_, err = a.updateRestoreCRInVolumeStage(namespacedName, storkapi.ApplicationRestoreStatusFailed, storkapi.ApplicationRestoreStageFinal, message, nil)
 					return err
 				}
-				time.Sleep(k8sutils.RestoreVolumeBatchSleepInterval)
+				time.Sleep(volumeBatchSleepInterval)
 				restore, err = a.updateRestoreCRInVolumeStage(
 					namespacedName,
 					storkapi.ApplicationRestoreStatusInProgress,
diff --git a/pkg/k8sutils/k8sutils.go b/pkg/k8sutils/k8sutils.go
index f9baeb459e..a4d5dc90c4 100644
--- a/pkg/k8sutils/k8sutils.go
+++ b/pkg/k8sutils/k8sutils.go
@@ -53,13 +53,15 @@ const (
 	RestoreVolumeBatchCountKey = "restore-volume-backup-count"
 	// DefaultRestoreVolumeBatchCount - default value for restore volume batch count
 	DefaultRestoreVolumeBatchCount = 25
-	// RestoreVolumeBatchSleepInterval - restore volume batch sleep interval
-	RestoreVolumeBatchSleepInterval = 20 * time.Second
 	// ResourceCountLimitKeyName defines the number of resources to be read via one List API call.
 	// It is assigned to Limit field of ListOption structure
 	ResourceCountLimitKeyName = "resource-count-limit"
 	// DefaultResourceCountLimit defines the default value for resource count for list api
 	DefaultResourceCountLimit = int64(500)
+	// DefaultRestoreVolumeBatchSleepInterval - restore volume batch sleep interval
+	DefaultRestoreVolumeBatchSleepInterval = "20s"
+	// RestoreVolumeBatchSleepIntervalKey - restore volume batch sleep interval key
+	RestoreVolumeBatchSleepIntervalKey = "restore-volume-sleep-interval"
 )
 
 // JSONPatchOp is a single json mutation done by a k8s mutating webhook