diff --git a/configs/pxm2_defconfig b/configs/pxm2_defconfig
index 15c6bb3..e7ea416 100644
--- a/configs/pxm2_defconfig
+++ b/configs/pxm2_defconfig
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@
 CONFIG_ENV_OVERWRITE=y
 CONFIG_ENV_IS_IN_NAND=y
 CONFIG_SYS_RELOC_GD_ENV_ADDR=y
+CONFIG_NET_RETRY_COUNT=10
 CONFIG_BOOTP_SEND_HOSTNAME=y
 CONFIG_SPL_DM=y
 # CONFIG_SPL_BLK is not set