diff --git a/src/include/ipxe/dhcp.h b/src/include/ipxe/dhcp.h
index 595f0c19..bcfb85cc 100644
--- a/src/include/ipxe/dhcp.h
+++ b/src/include/ipxe/dhcp.h
@@ -639,6 +639,10 @@ struct dhcphdr {
  */
 #define DHCP_MIN_LEN 552
 
+/** Timeouts for sending DHCP packets */
+#define DHCP_MIN_TIMEOUT ( 1 * TICKS_PER_SEC )
+#define DHCP_MAX_TIMEOUT ( 10 * TICKS_PER_SEC )
+
 /** Maximum time that we will wait for ProxyDHCP responses */
 #define PROXYDHCP_MAX_TIMEOUT ( 2 * TICKS_PER_SEC )
 
diff --git a/src/net/udp/dhcp.c b/src/net/udp/dhcp.c
index 849e2ad1..7a4f40a7 100644
--- a/src/net/udp/dhcp.c
+++ b/src/net/udp/dhcp.c
@@ -171,8 +171,8 @@ struct dhcp_session_state {
 	void ( * expired ) ( struct dhcp_session *dhcp );
 	/** Transmitted message type */
 	uint8_t tx_msgtype;
-    uint8_t min_timeout;
-    uint8_t max_timeout;
+	/** Apply minimum timeout */
+	uint8_t apply_min_timeout;
 };
 
 static struct dhcp_session_state dhcp_state_discover;
@@ -272,8 +272,9 @@ static void dhcp_set_state ( struct dhcp_session *dhcp,
 	dhcp->state = state;
 	dhcp->start = currticks();
 	stop_timer ( &dhcp->timer );
-    dhcp->timer.min_timeout = state->min_timeout * TICKS_PER_SEC;
-    dhcp->timer.max_timeout = state->max_timeout * TICKS_PER_SEC;
+	dhcp->timer.min_timeout =
+		( state->apply_min_timeout ? DHCP_MIN_TIMEOUT : 0 );
+	dhcp->timer.max_timeout = DHCP_MAX_TIMEOUT;
 	start_timer_nodelay ( &dhcp->timer );
 }
 
@@ -446,8 +447,7 @@ static struct dhcp_session_state dhcp_state_discover = {
 	.rx			= dhcp_discovery_rx,
 	.expired		= dhcp_discovery_expired,
 	.tx_msgtype		= DHCPDISCOVER,
-    .min_timeout    = 4,
-    .max_timeout    = 32,
+	.apply_min_timeout	= 1,
 };
 
 /**
@@ -584,8 +584,7 @@ static struct dhcp_session_state dhcp_state_request = {
 	.rx			= dhcp_request_rx,
 	.expired		= dhcp_request_expired,
 	.tx_msgtype		= DHCPREQUEST,
-    .min_timeout    = 1,
-    .max_timeout    = 8,
+	.apply_min_timeout	= 0,
 };
 
 /**
@@ -686,8 +685,7 @@ static struct dhcp_session_state dhcp_state_proxy = {
 	.rx			= dhcp_proxy_rx,
 	.expired		= dhcp_proxy_expired,
 	.tx_msgtype		= DHCPREQUEST,
-    .min_timeout    = 1,
-    .max_timeout    = 8,
+	.apply_min_timeout	= 0,
 };
 
 /**
@@ -834,8 +832,7 @@ static struct dhcp_session_state dhcp_state_pxebs = {
 	.rx			= dhcp_pxebs_rx,
 	.expired		= dhcp_pxebs_expired,
 	.tx_msgtype		= DHCPREQUEST,
-    .min_timeout    = 1,
-    .max_timeout    = 8,
+	.apply_min_timeout	= 1,
 };
 
 /****************************************************************************