diff --git a/backend/oracleobjectstorage/options.go b/backend/oracleobjectstorage/options.go
index 2916157be..004465093 100644
--- a/backend/oracleobjectstorage/options.go
+++ b/backend/oracleobjectstorage/options.go
@@ -17,9 +17,7 @@ const (
 	defaultUploadCutoff        = fs.SizeSuffix(200 * 1024 * 1024)
 	defaultUploadConcurrency   = 10
 	maxUploadCutoff            = fs.SizeSuffix(5 * 1024 * 1024 * 1024)
-	minSleep                   = 100 * time.Millisecond
-	maxSleep                   = 5 * time.Minute
-	decayConstant              = 1 // bigger for slower decay, exponential
+	minSleep                   = 10 * time.Millisecond
 	defaultCopyTimeoutDuration = fs.Duration(time.Minute)
 )
 
diff --git a/backend/oracleobjectstorage/oracleobjectstorage.go b/backend/oracleobjectstorage/oracleobjectstorage.go
index 6f730f258..c5f64744d 100644
--- a/backend/oracleobjectstorage/oracleobjectstorage.go
+++ b/backend/oracleobjectstorage/oracleobjectstorage.go
@@ -64,14 +64,18 @@ func NewFs(ctx context.Context, name, root string, m configmap.Mapper) (fs.Fs, e
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
-	p := pacer.NewDefault(pacer.MinSleep(minSleep), pacer.MaxSleep(maxSleep), pacer.DecayConstant(decayConstant))
+	pc := fs.NewPacer(ctx, pacer.NewS3(pacer.MinSleep(minSleep)))
+	// Set pacer retries to 2 (1 try and 1 retry) because we are
+	// relying on SDK retry mechanism, but we allow 2 attempts to
+	// retry directory listings after XMLSyntaxError
+	pc.SetRetries(2)
 	f := &Fs{
 		name:  name,
 		opt:   *opt,
 		ci:    ci,
 		srv:   objectStorageClient,
 		cache: bucket.NewCache(),
-		pacer: fs.NewPacer(ctx, p),
+		pacer: pc,
 	}
 	f.setRoot(root)
 	f.features = (&fs.Features{