diff --git a/packages/playwright-core/src/server/frames.ts b/packages/playwright-core/src/server/frames.ts
index fc2e258b00..1aacb13563 100644
--- a/packages/playwright-core/src/server/frames.ts
+++ b/packages/playwright-core/src/server/frames.ts
@@ -1058,7 +1058,7 @@ export class Frame extends SdkObject {
     });
   }
 
-  async rafrafTimeoutScreenshotElementWithProgress(progress: Progress, selector: string, timeout: number, options: ScreenshotOptions): Promise<Buffer|undefined> {
+  async rafrafTimeoutScreenshotElementWithProgress(progress: Progress, selector: string, timeout: number, options: ScreenshotOptions): Promise<Buffer> {
     return await this._retryWithProgressIfNotConnected(progress, selector, true /* strict */, async handle => {
       await handle._frame.rafrafTimeout(timeout);
       return await this._page._screenshotter.screenshotElement(progress, handle, options);
diff --git a/packages/playwright-core/src/server/page.ts b/packages/playwright-core/src/server/page.ts
index 39542ac8d9..d9e7bf19f0 100644
--- a/packages/playwright-core/src/server/page.ts
+++ b/packages/playwright-core/src/server/page.ts
@@ -461,21 +461,21 @@ export class Page extends SdkObject {
     return controller.run(async progress => {
       let actual: Buffer | undefined;
       let previous: Buffer | undefined;
-      let screenshotTimeout = 0;
+      const pollIntervals = [0, 100, 250, 500];
       while (true) {
         progress.throwIfAborted();
         if (this.isClosed())
           throw new Error('The page has closed');
         let comparatorResult: ComparatorResult | undefined;
+        const screenshotTimeout = pollIntervals.shift() || 1000;
         if (isGeneratingNewScreenshot) {
           previous = actual;
-          actual = await rafrafScreenshot(progress, screenshotTimeout);
+          actual = await rafrafScreenshot(progress, screenshotTimeout).catch(e => undefined);
           comparatorResult = actual && previous ? comparator(actual, previous, options.comparatorOptions) : undefined;
         } else {
-          actual = await rafrafScreenshot(progress, screenshotTimeout);
+          actual = await rafrafScreenshot(progress, screenshotTimeout).catch(e => undefined);
           comparatorResult = actual ? comparator(actual, options.expected!, options.comparatorOptions) : undefined;
         }
-        screenshotTimeout = 150;
         if (comparatorResult !== undefined && !!comparatorResult === !!options.isNot)
           break;
         if (comparatorResult)