diff --git a/pyghmi/ipmi/oem/lenovo/imm.py b/pyghmi/ipmi/oem/lenovo/imm.py
index c3ed07e4..146d4d6e 100644
--- a/pyghmi/ipmi/oem/lenovo/imm.py
+++ b/pyghmi/ipmi/oem/lenovo/imm.py
@@ -563,7 +563,7 @@ class XCCClient(IMMClient):
             raise Exception('Unexpected response: ' + repr(rsp))
         progress({'phase': 'upload',
                   'progress': 100.0})
-        ipmisession.Session.pause(2)
+        ipmisession.Session.pause(3)
         # aggressive timing can cause the next call to occasionally
         # return 25 and fail
         self._refresh_token()
diff --git a/pyghmi/util/webclient.py b/pyghmi/util/webclient.py
index 9bda6917..df0a2fe8 100644
--- a/pyghmi/util/webclient.py
+++ b/pyghmi/util/webclient.py
@@ -128,7 +128,10 @@ class SecureHTTPConnection(httplib.HTTPConnection, object):
         # peer updates in progress should already have pointers,
         # subsequent transactions will cause memory to needlessly double,
         # but easiest way to keep memory relatively low
-        del uploadforms[filename]
+        try:
+            del uploadforms[filename]
+        except KeyError:  # something could have already deleted it
+            pass
         if rsp.status != 200:
             raise Exception('Unexpected response in file upload: ' +
                             rsp.read())