diff --git a/init/first_stage_init.cpp b/init/first_stage_init.cpp
index ef8ffbee8..ad546bf07 100644
--- a/init/first_stage_init.cpp
+++ b/init/first_stage_init.cpp
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ void StartConsole() {
         return;
     }
     int fd = -1;
-    int tries = 10;
+    int tries = 50; // should timeout after 5s
     // The device driver for console may not be ready yet so retry for a while in case of failure.
     while (tries--) {
         fd = open("/dev/console", O_RDWR);