diff --git a/sdk/storage/azure-storage-common/CHANGELOG.md b/sdk/storage/azure-storage-common/CHANGELOG.md
index d55297e33681a..1b8fc508fd557 100644
--- a/sdk/storage/azure-storage-common/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/sdk/storage/azure-storage-common/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 ### Breaking Changes
 
 ### Bugs Fixed
+- Fixed bug where RequestRetryOptions.tryTimeout adds delay to the client request in the synchronous http client flow.
 
 ### Other Changes
 
diff --git a/sdk/storage/azure-storage-common/src/main/java/com/azure/storage/common/policy/RequestRetryPolicy.java b/sdk/storage/azure-storage-common/src/main/java/com/azure/storage/common/policy/RequestRetryPolicy.java
index ca92c93ba71ec..79230e1ebf07d 100644
--- a/sdk/storage/azure-storage-common/src/main/java/com/azure/storage/common/policy/RequestRetryPolicy.java
+++ b/sdk/storage/azure-storage-common/src/main/java/com/azure/storage/common/policy/RequestRetryPolicy.java
@@ -253,19 +253,17 @@ private HttpResponse attemptSync(final HttpPipelineCallContext context, HttpPipe
              * We want to send the request with a given timeout, but we don't want to kickoff that timeout-bound
              * operation until after the retry backoff delay, so we call delaySubscription.
              */
-            HttpResponse response = next.clone().processSync();
+            Mono<HttpResponse> httpResponseMono = Mono.fromCallable(() -> next.clone().processSync());
 
             // Default try timeout is Integer.MAX_VALUE seconds, if it's that don't set a timeout as that's about 68 years
             // and would likely never complete.
             // TODO (alzimmer): Think about not adding this if it's over a certain length, like 1 year.
             if (this.requestRetryOptions.getTryTimeoutDuration().getSeconds() != Integer.MAX_VALUE) {
-                try {
-                    Thread.sleep(this.requestRetryOptions.getTryTimeoutDuration().toMillis());
-                } catch (InterruptedException ie) {
-                    throw LOGGER.logExceptionAsError(new RuntimeException(ie));
-                }
+                httpResponseMono = httpResponseMono.timeout(this.requestRetryOptions.getTryTimeoutDuration());
             }
 
+            HttpResponse response = httpResponseMono.block();
+
             boolean newConsiderSecondary = considerSecondary;
             int statusCode = response.getStatusCode();
             boolean retry = shouldStatusCodeBeRetried(statusCode, tryingPrimary);
diff --git a/sdk/storage/azure-storage-common/src/test/java/com/azure/storage/common/policy/RequestRetryPolicyTest.java b/sdk/storage/azure-storage-common/src/test/java/com/azure/storage/common/policy/RequestRetryPolicyTest.java
index 46d49882cd241..1d2197e2677c2 100644
--- a/sdk/storage/azure-storage-common/src/test/java/com/azure/storage/common/policy/RequestRetryPolicyTest.java
+++ b/sdk/storage/azure-storage-common/src/test/java/com/azure/storage/common/policy/RequestRetryPolicyTest.java
@@ -104,14 +104,14 @@ private void beforeSendingRequest(HttpRequest request) {
 
                 @Override
                 public HttpResponse sendSync(HttpRequest request, Context context) {
-                    beforeSendingRequest(request);
-                    return response;
+                    return send(request).block();
                 }
 
                 @Override
                 public Mono<HttpResponse> send(HttpRequest request) {
                     beforeSendingRequest(request);
-                    return Mono.just(response);
+                    return count < 3
+                        ? Mono.just(response).delaySubscription(Duration.ofSeconds(5)) : Mono.just(response);
                 }
             })
             .policies(new RequestRetryPolicy(retryTestOptions))