diff --git a/tests/route/test_route_perf.py b/tests/route/test_route_perf.py
index 887a6005a5e..33d744917a1 100644
--- a/tests/route/test_route_perf.py
+++ b/tests/route/test_route_perf.py
@@ -1,9 +1,14 @@
 import pytest
 import json
 import logging
+import time
 from datetime import datetime
 from tests.common.utilities import wait_until
 from tests.common import config_reload
+from tests.common.helpers.assertions import pytest_assert
+
+CRM_POLL_INTERVAL = 1
+CRM_DEFAULT_POLL_INTERVAL = 300
 
 pytestmark = [
     pytest.mark.topology('any'),
@@ -50,6 +55,18 @@ def reload_dut(duthost, request):
         logging.info("Reloading config..")
         config_reload(duthost)
 
+@pytest.fixture(scope="module", autouse=True)
+def set_polling_interval(duthost):
+    """ Set CRM polling interval to 1 second """
+    wait_time = 2
+    duthost.command("crm config polling interval {}".format(CRM_POLL_INTERVAL))
+    logger.info("Waiting {} sec for CRM counters to become updated".format(wait_time))
+    time.sleep(wait_time)
+    yield
+    duthost.command("crm config polling interval {}".format(CRM_DEFAULT_POLL_INTERVAL))
+    logger.info("Waiting {} sec for CRM counters to become updated".format(wait_time))
+    time.sleep(wait_time)
+
 def prepare_dut(duthost, intf_neighs):
     for intf_neigh in intf_neighs:
         # Set up interface
@@ -179,8 +196,10 @@ def test_perf_add_remove_routes(duthost, request, ip_versions):
     intf_neighs, str_intf_nexthop = generate_intf_neigh(NUM_NEIGHS, ip_versions)
 
     route_tag = "ipv{}_route".format(ip_versions)
-    used_routes_count = duthost.get_crm_resources().get("main_resources").get(route_tag).get("used")
-    avail_routes_count = duthost.get_crm_resources().get("main_resources").get(route_tag).get("available")
+    used_routes_count = duthost.get_crm_resources().get("main_resources").get(route_tag, {}).get("used")
+    avail_routes_count = duthost.get_crm_resources().get("main_resources").get(route_tag, {}).get("available")
+    pytest_assert(avail_routes_count, "CRM main_resources data is not ready within adjusted CRM polling time {}s".\
+            format(CRM_POLL_INTERVAL))
     num_routes = min(avail_routes_count, set_num_routes)
     logger.info("IP route utilization before test start: Used: {}, Available: {}, Test count: {}"\
         .format(used_routes_count, avail_routes_count, num_routes))
@@ -205,4 +224,3 @@ def test_perf_add_remove_routes(duthost, request, ip_versions):
         logger.info('Time to del %d ipv%d routes is %.2f seconds.' % (num_routes, ip_versions, time_del))
     finally:
         cleanup_dut(duthost, intf_neighs)
-