diff --git a/drivers/net/xen-netfront.c b/drivers/net/xen-netfront.c
index 482c6c8b0fb7..88280057e032 100644
--- a/drivers/net/xen-netfront.c
+++ b/drivers/net/xen-netfront.c
@@ -63,6 +63,8 @@ module_param_named(max_queues, xennet_max_queues, uint, 0644);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(max_queues,
 		 "Maximum number of queues per virtual interface");
 
+#define XENNET_TIMEOUT  (5 * HZ)
+
 static const struct ethtool_ops xennet_ethtool_ops;
 
 struct netfront_cb {
@@ -1334,12 +1336,15 @@ static struct net_device *xennet_create_dev(struct xenbus_device *dev)
 
 	netif_carrier_off(netdev);
 
-	xenbus_switch_state(dev, XenbusStateInitialising);
-	wait_event(module_wq,
-		   xenbus_read_driver_state(dev->otherend) !=
-		   XenbusStateClosed &&
-		   xenbus_read_driver_state(dev->otherend) !=
-		   XenbusStateUnknown);
+	do {
+		xenbus_switch_state(dev, XenbusStateInitialising);
+		err = wait_event_timeout(module_wq,
+				 xenbus_read_driver_state(dev->otherend) !=
+				 XenbusStateClosed &&
+				 xenbus_read_driver_state(dev->otherend) !=
+				 XenbusStateUnknown, XENNET_TIMEOUT);
+	} while (!err);
+
 	return netdev;
 
  exit:
@@ -2139,28 +2144,43 @@ static const struct attribute_group xennet_dev_group = {
 };
 #endif /* CONFIG_SYSFS */
 
+static void xennet_bus_close(struct xenbus_device *dev)
+{
+	int ret;
+
+	if (xenbus_read_driver_state(dev->otherend) == XenbusStateClosed)
+		return;
+	do {
+		xenbus_switch_state(dev, XenbusStateClosing);
+		ret = wait_event_timeout(module_wq,
+				   xenbus_read_driver_state(dev->otherend) ==
+				   XenbusStateClosing ||
+				   xenbus_read_driver_state(dev->otherend) ==
+				   XenbusStateClosed ||
+				   xenbus_read_driver_state(dev->otherend) ==
+				   XenbusStateUnknown,
+				   XENNET_TIMEOUT);
+	} while (!ret);
+
+	if (xenbus_read_driver_state(dev->otherend) == XenbusStateClosed)
+		return;
+
+	do {
+		xenbus_switch_state(dev, XenbusStateClosed);
+		ret = wait_event_timeout(module_wq,
+				   xenbus_read_driver_state(dev->otherend) ==
+				   XenbusStateClosed ||
+				   xenbus_read_driver_state(dev->otherend) ==
+				   XenbusStateUnknown,
+				   XENNET_TIMEOUT);
+	} while (!ret);
+}
+
 static int xennet_remove(struct xenbus_device *dev)
 {
 	struct netfront_info *info = dev_get_drvdata(&dev->dev);
 
-	dev_dbg(&dev->dev, "%s\n", dev->nodename);
-
-	if (xenbus_read_driver_state(dev->otherend) != XenbusStateClosed) {
-		xenbus_switch_state(dev, XenbusStateClosing);
-		wait_event(module_wq,
-			   xenbus_read_driver_state(dev->otherend) ==
-			   XenbusStateClosing ||
-			   xenbus_read_driver_state(dev->otherend) ==
-			   XenbusStateUnknown);
-
-		xenbus_switch_state(dev, XenbusStateClosed);
-		wait_event(module_wq,
-			   xenbus_read_driver_state(dev->otherend) ==
-			   XenbusStateClosed ||
-			   xenbus_read_driver_state(dev->otherend) ==
-			   XenbusStateUnknown);
-	}
-
+	xennet_bus_close(dev);
 	xennet_disconnect_backend(info);
 
 	if (info->netdev->reg_state == NETREG_REGISTERED)