diff --git a/app/controllers/admin/backups_controller.rb b/app/controllers/admin/backups_controller.rb
index 286d3e6ef95..22e57fcc9a4 100644
--- a/app/controllers/admin/backups_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/admin/backups_controller.rb
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ class Admin::BackupsController < Admin::AdminController
     # when all chunks are uploaded
     if uploaded_file_size + current_chunk_size >= total_size
       # merge all the chunks in a background thread
-      Jobs.enqueue(:backup_chunks_merger, filename: filename, identifier: identifier, chunks: chunk_number)
+      Jobs.enqueue_in(5.seconds, :backup_chunks_merger, filename: filename, identifier: identifier, chunks: chunk_number)
     end
 
     render nothing: true