diff --git a/ironic_lib/disk_utils.py b/ironic_lib/disk_utils.py
index 94005ea1..36558913 100644
--- a/ironic_lib/disk_utils.py
+++ b/ironic_lib/disk_utils.py
@@ -55,6 +55,10 @@ opts = [
                default=3,
                help='Maximum attempts to verify an iSCSI connection is '
                     'active, sleeping 1 second between attempts.'),
+    cfg.IntOpt('partprobe_attempts',
+               default=10,
+               help='Maximum number of attempts to try to read the '
+                    'partition.'),
 ]
 
 CONF = cfg.CONF
@@ -627,7 +631,8 @@ def _get_labelled_partition(device_path, label, node_uuid):
               returns None.
     """
     try:
-        utils.execute('partprobe', device_path, run_as_root=True)
+        utils.execute('partprobe', device_path, run_as_root=True,
+                      attempts=CONF.disk_utils.partprobe_attempts)
 
         # lsblk command
         output, err = utils.execute('lsblk', '-Po', 'name,label', device_path,
diff --git a/ironic_lib/tests/test_disk_utils.py b/ironic_lib/tests/test_disk_utils.py
index 9134c9e8..33745ff3 100644
--- a/ironic_lib/tests/test_disk_utils.py
+++ b/ironic_lib/tests/test_disk_utils.py
@@ -828,7 +828,7 @@ class WholeDiskPartitionTestCases(base.IronicLibTestCase):
                                                     self.node_uuid)
         self.assertEqual(part_result, result)
         execute_calls = [
-            mock.call('partprobe', self.dev, run_as_root=True),
+            mock.call('partprobe', self.dev, run_as_root=True, attempts=10),
             mock.call('lsblk', '-Po', 'name,label', self.dev,
                       check_exit_code=[0, 1],
                       use_standard_locale=True, run_as_root=True)
@@ -843,7 +843,7 @@ class WholeDiskPartitionTestCases(base.IronicLibTestCase):
                                                     self.node_uuid)
         self.assertIsNone(result)
         execute_calls = [
-            mock.call('partprobe', self.dev, run_as_root=True),
+            mock.call('partprobe', self.dev, run_as_root=True, attempts=10),
             mock.call('lsblk', '-Po', 'name,label', self.dev,
                       check_exit_code=[0, 1],
                       use_standard_locale=True, run_as_root=True)
@@ -861,7 +861,7 @@ class WholeDiskPartitionTestCases(base.IronicLibTestCase):
                                disk_utils._get_labelled_partition, self.dev,
                                self.config_part_label, self.node_uuid)
         execute_calls = [
-            mock.call('partprobe', self.dev, run_as_root=True),
+            mock.call('partprobe', self.dev, run_as_root=True, attempts=10),
             mock.call('lsblk', '-Po', 'name,label', self.dev,
                       check_exit_code=[0, 1],
                       use_standard_locale=True, run_as_root=True)
@@ -875,8 +875,8 @@ class WholeDiskPartitionTestCases(base.IronicLibTestCase):
                                'Failed to retrieve partition labels',
                                disk_utils._get_labelled_partition, self.dev,
                                self.config_part_label, self.node_uuid)
-        mock_execute.assert_called_once_with('partprobe', self.dev,
-                                             run_as_root=True)
+        mock_execute.assert_called_once_with(
+            'partprobe', self.dev, run_as_root=True, attempts=10)
         self.assertEqual(1, mock_log.call_count)
 
     def _test_is_disk_larger_than_max_size(self, mock_execute, blk_out):