diff --git a/configs/dra7xx_evm_defconfig b/configs/dra7xx_evm_defconfig
index fdc9826..1aee9d7 100644
--- a/configs/dra7xx_evm_defconfig
+++ b/configs/dra7xx_evm_defconfig
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@
 CONFIG_SYS_MMC_ENV_DEV=1
 CONFIG_ENV_VARS_UBOOT_RUNTIME_CONFIG=y
 CONFIG_VERSION_VARIABLE=y
+CONFIG_NET_RETRY_COUNT=10
 CONFIG_BOOTP_SEND_HOSTNAME=y
 CONFIG_DM=y
 CONFIG_SPL_DM=y