diff --git a/deployment/puppet/osnailyfacter/manifests/netconfig/netconfig.pp b/deployment/puppet/osnailyfacter/manifests/netconfig/netconfig.pp
index 78d59754a3..42579ac604 100644
--- a/deployment/puppet/osnailyfacter/manifests/netconfig/netconfig.pp
+++ b/deployment/puppet/osnailyfacter/manifests/netconfig/netconfig.pp
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ class osnailyfacter::netconfig::netconfig {
     tcpka_time   => '30',
     tcpka_probes => '8',
     tcpka_intvl  => '3',
-    tcp_retries2 => '5',
+    tcp_retries2 => '7',
   }
 
   # increase network backlog for performance on fast networks
diff --git a/tests/noop/spec/hosts/netconfig/netconfig_spec.rb b/tests/noop/spec/hosts/netconfig/netconfig_spec.rb
index c175aed712..80ea0f2421 100644
--- a/tests/noop/spec/hosts/netconfig/netconfig_spec.rb
+++ b/tests/noop/spec/hosts/netconfig/netconfig_spec.rb
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ describe manifest do
        'tcpka_time'   => '30',
        'tcpka_probes' => '8',
        'tcpka_intvl'  => '3',
-       'tcp_retries2' => '5',
+       'tcp_retries2' => '7',
     ) }
     it { should contain_sysctl__value('net.core.netdev_max_backlog').with('value' => '261144') }
     it { should contain_class('sysfs') }