diff --git a/lib/events/complete.go b/lib/events/complete.go
index 6d6147b6717b2..89c39c9090bab 100644
--- a/lib/events/complete.go
+++ b/lib/events/complete.go
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ func (cfg *UploadCompleterConfig) CheckAndSetDefaults() error {
 		cfg.Component = teleport.ComponentAuth
 	}
 	if cfg.CheckPeriod == 0 {
-		cfg.CheckPeriod = defaults.LowResPollingPeriod
+		cfg.CheckPeriod = defaults.AbandonedUploadPollingRate
 	}
 	if cfg.Clock == nil {
 		cfg.Clock = clockwork.NewRealClock()
diff --git a/lib/events/filesessions/fileasync_chaos_test.go b/lib/events/filesessions/fileasync_chaos_test.go
index ccbc2b3caaedc..78198c9a03124 100644
--- a/lib/events/filesessions/fileasync_chaos_test.go
+++ b/lib/events/filesessions/fileasync_chaos_test.go
@@ -174,10 +174,6 @@ func TestChaosUpload(t *testing.T) {
 	scansCh := make(chan error, parallelStreams)
 	for i := 0; i < parallelStreams; i++ {
 		go func() {
-			if err := uploader.uploadCompleter.CheckUploads(ctx); err != nil {
-				scansCh <- trace.Wrap(err)
-				return
-			}
 			_, err := uploader.Scan()
 			scansCh <- trace.Wrap(err)
 		}()