diff --git a/virttest/utils_test/libvirt.py b/virttest/utils_test/libvirt.py
index 235cebc5d12..ffab4d5a53b 100644
--- a/virttest/utils_test/libvirt.py
+++ b/virttest/utils_test/libvirt.py
@@ -2876,8 +2876,9 @@ def create_scsi_disk(scsi_option, scsi_size="2048"):
         # Unload it first if it's already loaded.
         if linux_modules.module_is_loaded("scsi_debug"):
             linux_modules.unload_module("scsi_debug")
-        linux_modules.load_module("scsi_debug dev_size_mb=%s %s" %
-                                  (scsi_size, scsi_option))
+        utils_misc.wait_for(lambda: linux_modules.load_module("scsi_debug dev_size_mb=%s %s" %
+                                                              (scsi_size, scsi_option)),
+                            timeout=10, ignore_errors=True)
         # Get the scsi device name
         result = process.run("lsscsi|grep scsi_debug|awk '{print $6}'",
                              shell=True)