diff --git a/xCAT-nbroot/overlay/bin/bmcsetup b/xCAT-nbroot/overlay/bin/bmcsetup
index 793f9042e..81cf9a2df 100755
--- a/xCAT-nbroot/overlay/bin/bmcsetup
+++ b/xCAT-nbroot/overlay/bin/bmcsetup
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 #
 allowcred.awk &
 CREDPID=$!
-sleep 1
+sleep 2
 modprobe ipmi_si
 modprobe ipmi_devintf
 while [ -z "$BMCIP" ]; do