diff --git a/priam/src/main/java/com/netflix/priam/utils/CassandraMonitor.java b/priam/src/main/java/com/netflix/priam/utils/CassandraMonitor.java
index e67609131..5994efe9f 100644
--- a/priam/src/main/java/com/netflix/priam/utils/CassandraMonitor.java
+++ b/priam/src/main/java/com/netflix/priam/utils/CassandraMonitor.java
@@ -1,21 +1,22 @@
 /*
  * Copyright 2013 Netflix, Inc.
  *
- * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
- * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except
+ * in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
  *
  * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
  *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- * limitations under the License.
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under the License
+ * is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express
+ * or implied. See the License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under
+ * the License.
  *
  */
 package com.netflix.priam.utils;
 
+import com.google.common.util.concurrent.SimpleTimeLimiter;
+import com.google.common.util.concurrent.ThreadFactoryBuilder;
+import com.google.common.util.concurrent.UncheckedTimeoutException;
 import com.google.inject.Inject;
 import com.google.inject.Singleton;
 import com.netflix.priam.config.IConfiguration;
@@ -29,6 +30,8 @@
 import java.io.File;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStreamReader;
+import java.util.concurrent.Executors;
+import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
 import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicBoolean;
 import org.apache.cassandra.tools.NodeProbe;
 import org.apache.commons.io.IOUtils;
@@ -44,9 +47,25 @@ public class CassandraMonitor extends Task {
     public static final String JOBNAME = "CASS_MONITOR_THREAD";
     private static final Logger logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(CassandraMonitor.class);
     private static final AtomicBoolean isCassandraStarted = new AtomicBoolean(false);
+    private static final int JMX_OPERATION_TIMEOUT_IN_MILLIS = 1000;
+
     private final InstanceState instanceState;
     private final ICassandraProcess cassProcess;
     private final CassMonitorMetrics cassMonitorMetrics;
+    private final SimpleTimeLimiter jmxTimeLimiter =
+            SimpleTimeLimiter.create(
+                    Executors.newFixedThreadPool(
+                            1,
+                            new ThreadFactoryBuilder()
+                                    .setDaemon(true)
+                                    .setNameFormat("JMX-Executor")
+                                    .setUncaughtExceptionHandler(
+                                            (t, e) ->
+                                                    logger.debug(
+                                                            "unexpected exception {} caught by thread {}",
+                                                            e,
+                                                            t))
+                                    .build()));
 
     @Inject
     protected CassandraMonitor(
@@ -90,9 +109,27 @@ public void execute() throws Exception {
                 instanceState.setCassandraProcessAlive(true);
                 isCassandraStarted.set(true);
                 NodeProbe bean = JMXNodeTool.instance(this.config);
-                instanceState.setIsGossipActive(bean.isGossipRunning());
-                instanceState.setIsNativeTransportActive(bean.isNativeTransportRunning());
-                instanceState.setIsThriftActive(bean.isThriftServerRunning());
+
+                try {
+                    instanceState.setIsGossipActive(
+                            jmxTimeLimiter.callUninterruptiblyWithTimeout(
+                                    () -> bean.isGossipRunning(),
+                                    JMX_OPERATION_TIMEOUT_IN_MILLIS,
+                                    TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS));
+                    instanceState.setIsNativeTransportActive(
+                            jmxTimeLimiter.callUninterruptiblyWithTimeout(
+                                    () -> bean.isNativeTransportRunning(),
+                                    JMX_OPERATION_TIMEOUT_IN_MILLIS,
+                                    TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS));
+                    instanceState.setIsThriftActive(
+                            jmxTimeLimiter.callUninterruptiblyWithTimeout(
+                                    () -> bean.isThriftServerRunning(),
+                                    JMX_OPERATION_TIMEOUT_IN_MILLIS,
+                                    TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS));
+                } catch (UncheckedTimeoutException e) {
+                    // don't mark C* unhealthy.
+                    logger.warn("jmx operations timed out.");
+                }
             } else {
                 // Setting cassandra flag to false
                 instanceState.setCassandraProcessAlive(false);