diff --git a/src/sshagent/BinaryStream.cpp b/src/sshagent/BinaryStream.cpp
index 3ba4c1a81..2ac93943c 100644
--- a/src/sshagent/BinaryStream.cpp
+++ b/src/sshagent/BinaryStream.cpp
@@ -21,14 +21,12 @@
 
 BinaryStream::BinaryStream(QIODevice* device)
     : QObject(device)
-    , m_timeout(-1)
     , m_device(device)
 {
 }
 
 BinaryStream::BinaryStream(QByteArray* ba, QObject* parent)
     : QObject(parent)
-    , m_timeout(-1)
 {
     m_buffer.reset(new QBuffer(ba));
     m_buffer->open(QIODevice::ReadWrite);
diff --git a/src/sshagent/BinaryStream.h b/src/sshagent/BinaryStream.h
index 0bc06e845..572f57427 100644
--- a/src/sshagent/BinaryStream.h
+++ b/src/sshagent/BinaryStream.h
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ protected:
     bool write(const char* ptr, qint64 len);
 
 private:
-    int m_timeout;
+    int m_timeout = 3000;
     QString m_error;
     QIODevice* m_device;
     QScopedPointer<QBuffer> m_buffer;