static int irqs_at_init = -1;
 static int opt_poll;
 static int opt_interval = 1;
+static int opt_retries = 3;
 static u32 opt_xdp_bind_flags = XDP_USE_NEED_WAKEUP;
 static u32 opt_umem_flags;
 static int opt_unaligned_chunks;
        {"xdp-skb", no_argument, 0, 'S'},
        {"xdp-native", no_argument, 0, 'N'},
        {"interval", required_argument, 0, 'n'},
+       {"retries", required_argument, 0, 'O'},
        {"zero-copy", no_argument, 0, 'z'},
        {"copy", no_argument, 0, 'c'},
        {"frame-size", required_argument, 0, 'f'},
                "  -S, --xdp-skb=n      Use XDP skb-mod\n"
                "  -N, --xdp-native=n   Enforce XDP native mode\n"
                "  -n, --interval=n     Specify statistics update interval (default 1 sec).\n"
+               "  -O, --retries=n      Specify time-out retries (1s interval) attempt (default 3).\n"
                "  -z, --zero-copy      Force zero-copy mode.\n"
                "  -c, --copy           Force copy mode.\n"
                "  -m, --no-need-wakeup Turn off use of driver need wakeup flag.\n"
 
        for (;;) {
                c = getopt_long(argc, argv,
-                               "Frtli:q:pSNn:w:czf:muMd:b:C:s:P:VJ:K:G:H:T:W:U:xQaI:BR",
+                               "Frtli:q:pSNn:w:O:czf:muMd:b:C:s:P:VJ:K:G:H:T:W:U:xQaI:BR",
                                long_options, &option_index);
                if (c == -1)
                        break;
                                opt_clock = CLOCK_MONOTONIC;
                        }
                        break;
+               case 'O':
+                       opt_retries = atoi(optarg);
+                       break;
                case 'z':
                        opt_xdp_bind_flags |= XDP_ZEROCOPY;
                        break;
                                pending = !!xsks[i]->outstanding_tx;
                        }
                }
-       } while (pending);
+               sleep(1);
+       } while (pending && opt_retries-- > 0);
 }
 
 static void tx_only_all(void)