diff --git a/.pylintrc b/.pylintrc
index 4cd37c328a0..dee6a85c33e 100644
--- a/.pylintrc
+++ b/.pylintrc
@@ -57,7 +57,6 @@ disable=
  arguments-renamed,
  broad-exception-raised,
  unspecified-encoding,
- missing-timeout,
  redundant-u-string-prefix,
  unused-private-member,
 # "C" Coding convention violations
diff --git a/neutron/agent/metadata/agent.py b/neutron/agent/metadata/agent.py
index f2b65071941..f0c030f76db 100644
--- a/neutron/agent/metadata/agent.py
+++ b/neutron/agent/metadata/agent.py
@@ -256,7 +256,8 @@ class MetadataProxyHandler(object):
                                 headers=headers,
                                 data=req.body,
                                 cert=client_cert,
-                                verify=verify_cert)
+                                verify=verify_cert,
+                                timeout=60)
 
         if resp.status_code == 200:
             req.response.content_type = resp.headers['content-type']
diff --git a/neutron/agent/ovn/metadata/server.py b/neutron/agent/ovn/metadata/server.py
index 3431735dff9..75ee4c1e17a 100644
--- a/neutron/agent/ovn/metadata/server.py
+++ b/neutron/agent/ovn/metadata/server.py
@@ -153,7 +153,8 @@ class MetadataProxyHandler(object):
                                 headers=headers,
                                 data=req.body,
                                 cert=client_cert,
-                                verify=verify_cert)
+                                verify=verify_cert,
+                                timeout=60)
 
         if resp.status_code == 200:
             req.response.content_type = resp.headers['content-type']
diff --git a/neutron/tests/unit/agent/metadata/test_agent.py b/neutron/tests/unit/agent/metadata/test_agent.py
index 16df56491da..cc8ff95d5bc 100644
--- a/neutron/tests/unit/agent/metadata/test_agent.py
+++ b/neutron/tests/unit/agent/metadata/test_agent.py
@@ -434,7 +434,8 @@ class _TestMetadataProxyHandlerCacheMixin(object):
                     data=body,
                     cert=(self.fake_conf.nova_client_cert,
                           self.fake_conf.nova_client_priv_key),
-                    verify=False)
+                    verify=False,
+                    timeout=60)
 
                 return retval
 
diff --git a/neutron/tests/unit/agent/ovn/metadata/test_server.py b/neutron/tests/unit/agent/ovn/metadata/test_server.py
index e4f30ae5600..3f2b2cea5a0 100644
--- a/neutron/tests/unit/agent/ovn/metadata/test_server.py
+++ b/neutron/tests/unit/agent/ovn/metadata/test_server.py
@@ -167,7 +167,8 @@ class TestMetadataProxyHandler(base.BaseTestCase):
                     data=body,
                     cert=(self.fake_conf.nova_client_cert,
                           self.fake_conf.nova_client_priv_key),
-                    verify=False)
+                    verify=False,
+                    timeout=60)
 
                 return retval