diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/streamcloud.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/streamcloud.py
index 4a410611d..b97bb4374 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/streamcloud.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/streamcloud.py
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ class StreamcloudIE(InfoExtractor):
             value="([^"]*)"
             ''', orig_webpage)
 
-        self._sleep(12, video_id)
+        self._sleep(6, video_id)
 
         webpage = self._download_webpage(
             url, video_id, data=urlencode_postdata(fields), headers={