diff --git a/src/tools/kata-ctl/src/ops/exec_ops.rs b/src/tools/kata-ctl/src/ops/exec_ops.rs
index 51651188b9..f7ad0170cb 100644
--- a/src/tools/kata-ctl/src/ops/exec_ops.rs
+++ b/src/tools/kata-ctl/src/ops/exec_ops.rs
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ use vmm_sys_util::terminal::Terminal;
 use crate::args::ExecArguments;
 use shim_interface::shim_mgmt::{client::MgmtClient, AGENT_URL};
 
+use crate::utils::TIMEOUT;
+
 const CMD_CONNECT: &str = "CONNECT";
 const CMD_OK: &str = "OK";
 const SCHEME_VSOCK: &str = "VSOCK";
@@ -32,7 +34,6 @@ const SCHEME_HYBRID_VSOCK: &str = "HVSOCK";
 
 const EPOLL_EVENTS_LEN: usize = 16;
 const KATA_AGENT_VSOCK_TIMEOUT: u64 = 5;
-const TIMEOUT: Duration = Duration::from_millis(2000);
 
 type Result<T> = std::result::Result<T, Error>;
 
diff --git a/src/tools/kata-ctl/src/ops/volume_ops.rs b/src/tools/kata-ctl/src/ops/volume_ops.rs
index 94243743cf..a8c6818fe3 100644
--- a/src/tools/kata-ctl/src/ops/volume_ops.rs
+++ b/src/tools/kata-ctl/src/ops/volume_ops.rs
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ use kata_types::mount::{
 use nix;
 use reqwest::StatusCode;
 use slog::{info, o};
-use std::{fs, time::Duration};
+use std::fs;
 use url;
 
 use agent::ResizeVolumeRequest;
@@ -23,7 +23,8 @@ use shim_interface::shim_mgmt::{
     DIRECT_VOLUME_PATH_KEY, DIRECT_VOLUME_RESIZE_URL, DIRECT_VOLUME_STATS_URL,
 };
 
-const TIMEOUT: Duration = Duration::from_millis(2000);
+use crate::utils::TIMEOUT;
+
 const CONTENT_TYPE_JSON: &str = "application/json";
 
 macro_rules! sl {
diff --git a/src/tools/kata-ctl/src/utils.rs b/src/tools/kata-ctl/src/utils.rs
index 3b6e4daee0..f020a077e5 100644
--- a/src/tools/kata-ctl/src/utils.rs
+++ b/src/tools/kata-ctl/src/utils.rs
@@ -8,10 +8,12 @@
 use crate::arch::arch_specific;
 
 use anyhow::{anyhow, Context, Result};
-use std::fs;
+use std::{fs, time::Duration};
 
 const NON_PRIV_USER: &str = "nobody";
 
+pub const TIMEOUT: Duration = Duration::from_millis(2000);
+
 pub fn drop_privs() -> Result<()> {
     if nix::unistd::Uid::effective().is_root() {
         privdrop::PrivDrop::default()