diff --git a/bvm/ballerina-runtime/src/main/java/io/ballerina/runtime/transactions/TransactionResourceManager.java b/bvm/ballerina-runtime/src/main/java/io/ballerina/runtime/transactions/TransactionResourceManager.java
index ef8a06d2d54a..bdec6396502a 100644
--- a/bvm/ballerina-runtime/src/main/java/io/ballerina/runtime/transactions/TransactionResourceManager.java
+++ b/bvm/ballerina-runtime/src/main/java/io/ballerina/runtime/transactions/TransactionResourceManager.java
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ public static int getTransactionCleanupTimeout() {
                 TRANSACTION_CLEANUP_TIMEOUT_KEY,
                 PredefinedTypes.TYPE_INT, false);
         if (!ConfigMap.containsKey(transactionCleanupTimeoutKey)) {
-            return DEFAULT_TRX_AUTO_COMMIT_TIMEOUT;
+            return DEFAULT_TRX_CLEANUP_TIMEOUT;
         } else {
             Object configValue = ConfigMap.get(transactionCleanupTimeoutKey);
             if (configValue == null) {