diff --git a/sys/dev/usb/usb_subr.c b/sys/dev/usb/usb_subr.c
index fb705eb21e2b..01fc5dbaa6ea 100644
--- a/sys/dev/usb/usb_subr.c
+++ b/sys/dev/usb/usb_subr.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/*	$NetBSD: usb_subr.c,v 1.106 2003/09/23 21:44:42 mycroft Exp $	*/
+/*	$NetBSD: usb_subr.c,v 1.107 2004/01/05 13:32:23 augustss Exp $	*/
 /*	$FreeBSD: src/sys/dev/usb/usb_subr.c,v 1.18 1999/11/17 22:33:47 n_hibma Exp $	*/
 
 /*
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
  */
 
 #include <sys/cdefs.h>
-__KERNEL_RCSID(0, "$NetBSD: usb_subr.c,v 1.106 2003/09/23 21:44:42 mycroft Exp $");
+__KERNEL_RCSID(0, "$NetBSD: usb_subr.c,v 1.107 2004/01/05 13:32:23 augustss Exp $");
 
 #include "opt_usbverbose.h"
 
@@ -980,6 +980,7 @@ usbd_new_device(device_ptr_t parent, usbd_bus_handle bus, int depth,
 	usbd_device_handle dev;
 	struct usbd_device *hub;
 	usb_device_descriptor_t *dd;
+	usb_port_status_t ps;
 	usbd_status err;
 	int addr;
 	int i;
@@ -1036,12 +1037,14 @@ usbd_new_device(device_ptr_t parent, usbd_bus_handle bus, int depth,
 	up->device = dev;
 	dd = &dev->ddesc;
 	/* Try a few times in case the device is slow (i.e. outside specs.) */
-	for (i = 0; i < 3; i++) {
+	for (i = 0; i < 10; i++) {
 		/* Get the first 8 bytes of the device descriptor. */
 		err = usbd_get_desc(dev, UDESC_DEVICE, 0, USB_MAX_IPACKET, dd);
 		if (!err)
 			break;
 		usbd_delay_ms(dev, 200);
+		if ((i & 3) == 3)
+			usbd_reset_port(up->parent, port, &ps);
 	}
 	if (err) {
 		DPRINTFN(-1, ("usbd_new_device: addr=%d, getting first desc "