diff --git a/turbo/snapshotsync/snapshotsync.go b/turbo/snapshotsync/snapshotsync.go
index 653917e1e15..e22cda4b884 100644
--- a/turbo/snapshotsync/snapshotsync.go
+++ b/turbo/snapshotsync/snapshotsync.go
@@ -317,6 +317,9 @@ func WaitForDownloader(ctx context.Context, logPrefix string, headerchain, blobs
 
 	}
 
+	// TODO: https://github.com/erigontech/erigon/issues/11271
+	time.Sleep(10 * time.Second)
+
 	downloadStartTime := time.Now()
 	const logInterval = 20 * time.Second
 	logEvery := time.NewTicker(logInterval)