diff --git a/src/provisioningserver/drivers/power/ipmi.py b/src/provisioningserver/drivers/power/ipmi.py
index 219ee268b..acdf2065d 100644
--- a/src/provisioningserver/drivers/power/ipmi.py
+++ b/src/provisioningserver/drivers/power/ipmi.py
@@ -143,6 +143,12 @@ IPMI_ERRORS = {
             "  MAAS performed several retries.  Please wait and try again."),
         'exception': PowerConnError
     },
+    'BMC error': {
+        'message': (
+            "Device not responding correctly while performing power action."
+            "  MAAS performed several retries.  Please wait and try again."),
+        'exception': PowerConnError
+    },
     'could not find inband device': {
         'message': (
             "An inband device could not be found."
@@ -209,7 +215,7 @@ class IPMIPowerDriver(PowerDriver):
             'mac_address', "Power MAC", scope=SETTING_SCOPE.NODE)
     ]
     ip_extractor = make_ip_extractor('power_address')
-    wait_time = (4, 8, 16, 32)
+    wait_time = (4, 4, 8, 8, 16, 16, 32, 32)
 
     def detect_missing_packages(self):
         if not shell.has_command_available('ipmipower'):