diff --git a/commands.go b/commands.go
index 9954cab1..e9a8992f 100644
--- a/commands.go
+++ b/commands.go
@@ -8,13 +8,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/go-redis/redis/internal"
 )
 
-func readTimeout(timeout time.Duration) time.Duration {
-	if timeout == 0 {
-		return 0
-	}
-	return timeout + 10*time.Second
-}
-
 func usePrecise(dur time.Duration) bool {
 	return dur < time.Second || dur%time.Second != 0
 }
@@ -1397,6 +1390,9 @@ func (c *cmdable) XRead(a *XReadArgs) *XStreamSliceCmd {
 	}
 
 	cmd := NewXStreamSliceCmd(args...)
+	if a.Block >= 0 {
+		cmd.setReadTimeout(a.Block)
+	}
 	c.process(cmd)
 	return cmd
 }
@@ -1455,6 +1451,9 @@ func (c *cmdable) XReadGroup(a *XReadGroupArgs) *XStreamSliceCmd {
 	}
 
 	cmd := NewXStreamSliceCmd(args...)
+	if a.Block >= 0 {
+		cmd.setReadTimeout(a.Block)
+	}
 	c.process(cmd)
 	return cmd
 }
diff --git a/redis.go b/redis.go
index 3e72bf06..8fa85ddf 100644
--- a/redis.go
+++ b/redis.go
@@ -188,7 +188,11 @@ func (c *baseClient) retryBackoff(attempt int) time.Duration {
 
 func (c *baseClient) cmdTimeout(cmd Cmder) time.Duration {
 	if timeout := cmd.readTimeout(); timeout != nil {
-		return readTimeout(*timeout)
+		t := *timeout
+		if t == 0 {
+			return 0
+		}
+		return t + 10*time.Second
 	}
 	return c.opt.ReadTimeout
 }