diff --git a/src/uct/base/uct_iface.c b/src/uct/base/uct_iface.c
index 23840016b729..1e767090c13c 100644
--- a/src/uct/base/uct_iface.c
+++ b/src/uct/base/uct_iface.c
@@ -325,6 +325,9 @@ void uct_set_ep_failed(ucs_class_t *cls, uct_ep_h tl_ep, uct_iface_h tl_iface)
     if (iface->err_handler) {
         iface->err_handler(iface->err_handler_arg, tl_ep,
                            UCS_ERR_ENDPOINT_TIMEOUT);
+    } else {
+        ucs_warn("Error %s was not handled for ep %p",
+                 ucs_status_string(UCS_ERR_ENDPOINT_TIMEOUT), tl_ep);
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/uct/ib/ud/base/ud_ep.c b/src/uct/ib/ud/base/ud_ep.c
index 21ac47923877..e687b4f5c16a 100644
--- a/src/uct/ib/ud/base/ud_ep.c
+++ b/src/uct/ib/ud/base/ud_ep.c
@@ -125,8 +125,9 @@ static void uct_ud_ep_slow_timer(ucs_wtimer_t *self)
         iface->super.ops->handle_failure(&iface->super, ep);
         return;
     } else if (diff > 3*uct_ud_slow_tick()) {
-        ucs_trace("sceduling resend now: %lu send_time: %lu diff: %lu tick: %lu",
-                   now, ep->tx.send_time, now - ep->tx.send_time, uct_ud_slow_tick());
+        ucs_trace("scheduling resend now: %lu send_time: %lu diff: %lu tick: %lu",
+                  now, ep->tx.send_time, now - ep->tx.send_time,
+                  ep->tx.slow_tick);
         uct_ud_ep_ctl_op_del(ep, UCT_UD_EP_OP_ACK_REQ);
         uct_ud_ep_ca_drop(ep);
         uct_ud_ep_resend_start(iface, ep);
@@ -138,8 +139,10 @@ static void uct_ud_ep_slow_timer(ucs_wtimer_t *self)
         uct_ud_ep_ctl_op_add(iface, ep, UCT_UD_EP_OP_ACK_REQ);
     }
 
-    ucs_wtimer_add(&iface->async.slow_timer, &ep->slow_timer,
-                   uct_ud_slow_tick());
+    /* Cool down the timer on rescheduling/resending */
+    ep->tx.slow_tick *= 2;
+    ep->tx.slow_tick = ucs_min(ep->tx.slow_tick, iface->config.peer_timeout/3);
+    ucs_wtimer_add(&iface->async.slow_timer, &ep->slow_timer, ep->tx.slow_tick);
 }
 
 UCS_CLASS_INIT_FUNC(uct_ud_ep_t, uct_ud_iface_t *iface)
@@ -153,6 +156,7 @@ UCS_CLASS_INIT_FUNC(uct_ud_ep_t, uct_ud_iface_t *iface)
     uct_ud_ep_reset(self);
     ucs_list_head_init(&self->cep_list);
     uct_ud_iface_add_ep(iface, self);
+    self->tx.slow_tick = uct_ud_slow_tick();
     ucs_wtimer_init(&self->slow_timer, uct_ud_ep_slow_timer);
     ucs_arbiter_group_init(&self->tx.pending.group);
     ucs_arbiter_elem_init(&self->tx.pending.elem);
@@ -402,6 +406,7 @@ uct_ud_ep_process_ack(uct_ud_iface_t *iface, uct_ud_ep_t *ep,
 
     ucs_arbiter_group_schedule(&iface->tx.pending_q, &ep->tx.pending.group);
 
+    ep->tx.slow_tick = uct_ud_slow_tick();
     ep->tx.send_time = uct_ud_iface_get_async_time(iface);
 }
 
diff --git a/src/uct/ib/ud/base/ud_ep.h b/src/uct/ib/ud/base/ud_ep.h
index c554c7bd9d41..f2a30f84b94a 100644
--- a/src/uct/ib/ud/base/ud_ep.h
+++ b/src/uct/ib/ud/base/ud_ep.h
@@ -215,6 +215,7 @@ struct uct_ud_ep {
          ucs_queue_head_t       window;       /* send window: [acked_psn+1, psn-1] */
          uct_ud_ep_pending_op_t pending;      /* pending ops */
          ucs_time_t             send_time;    /* tx time of last packet */
+         ucs_time_t             slow_tick;    /* timeout to trigger slow timer */
          UCS_STATS_NODE_DECLARE(stats);
          UCT_UD_EP_HOOK_DECLARE(tx_hook);
     } tx;
diff --git a/src/uct/ib/ud/base/ud_inl.h b/src/uct/ib/ud/base/ud_inl.h
index 1b9941abc38f..70fbd4456d56 100644
--- a/src/uct/ib/ud/base/ud_inl.h
+++ b/src/uct/ib/ud/base/ud_inl.h
@@ -134,6 +134,7 @@ uct_ud_iface_complete_tx_inl(uct_ud_iface_t *iface, uct_ud_ep_t *ep,
                    uct_ud_iface_get_async_time(iface) -
                    ucs_twheel_get_time(&iface->async.slow_timer) +
                    uct_ud_slow_tick());
+    ep->tx.slow_tick = uct_ud_slow_tick();
     ep->tx.send_time = uct_ud_iface_get_async_time(iface);
 }
 
@@ -148,6 +149,7 @@ uct_ud_iface_complete_tx_skb(uct_ud_iface_t *iface, uct_ud_ep_t *ep,
                    uct_ud_iface_get_async_time(iface) -
                    ucs_twheel_get_time(&iface->async.slow_timer) +
                    uct_ud_slow_tick());
+    ep->tx.slow_tick = uct_ud_slow_tick();
     ep->tx.send_time = uct_ud_iface_get_async_time(iface);
 }