diff --git a/js_modules/dagster-ui/packages/ui-core/src/asset-data/AssetLiveDataProvider.tsx b/js_modules/dagster-ui/packages/ui-core/src/asset-data/AssetLiveDataProvider.tsx
index 89cfabafc1d40..7636f019305cc 100644
--- a/js_modules/dagster-ui/packages/ui-core/src/asset-data/AssetLiveDataProvider.tsx
+++ b/js_modules/dagster-ui/packages/ui-core/src/asset-data/AssetLiveDataProvider.tsx
@@ -358,7 +358,7 @@ async function _batchedQueryAssets(
       };
     });
 
-    setTimeout(doNextFetch, 5000);
+    setTimeout(doNextFetch, Math.min(pollRate, 5000));
   }
 }