diff --git a/configs/brppt1_mmc_defconfig b/configs/brppt1_mmc_defconfig
index be3959a..ac0fbd5 100644
--- a/configs/brppt1_mmc_defconfig
+++ b/configs/brppt1_mmc_defconfig
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@
 CONFIG_SYS_MMC_ENV_DEV=1
 CONFIG_SYS_MMC_ENV_PART=2
 CONFIG_VERSION_VARIABLE=y
+CONFIG_NET_RETRY_COUNT=10
 CONFIG_BOOTP_SEND_HOSTNAME=y
 CONFIG_NET_RANDOM_ETHADDR=y
 CONFIG_NETCONSOLE=y