diff --git a/test/units/testsuite-17.10.sh b/test/units/testsuite-17.10.sh
index b4724653f3..f9708319b0 100755
--- a/test/units/testsuite-17.10.sh
+++ b/test/units/testsuite-17.10.sh
@@ -219,6 +219,15 @@ udevadm settle -t 300
 udevadm trigger --wait-daemon=5
 udevadm trigger -h
 
+# https://github.com/systemd/systemd/issues/29863
+if [[ "$(systemd-detect-virt -v)" != "qemu" ]]; then
+    udevadm control --log-level=0
+    for _ in {0..9}; do
+        timeout 30 udevadm trigger --settle
+    done
+    udevadm control --log-level=debug
+fi
+
 udevadm wait /dev/null
 udevadm wait /sys/class/net/$netdev
 udevadm wait -t 5 /sys/class/net/$netdev