diff --git a/connman/src/service.c b/connman/src/service.c
index 101537645..e3994c289 100644
--- a/connman/src/service.c
+++ b/connman/src/service.c
@@ -5829,22 +5829,25 @@ int __connman_service_online_check_failed(struct connman_service *service,
 {
 	DBG("service %p type %d count %d", service, type,
 						service->online_check_count);
+	int timeout = 0;
 
-  if (service->online_check_count != 1) {
+  if (service->online_check_count < 1) {
       connman_warn("Online check failed for %p %s", service,
 			service->name);
       return 0;
 	}
-
-	service->online_check_count = 0;
+	
+	  --service->online_check_count;
 
 	/*
 	 * We set the timeout to 1 sec so that we have a chance to get
 	 * necessary IPv6 router advertisement messages that might have
 	 * DNS data etc.
 	 */
+	  timeout = 12 - service->online_check_count;
+
 	if (type == CONNMAN_IPCONFIG_TYPE_IPV4) {
-          g_timeout_add_seconds(1, redo_wispr_ipv4, service);
+          g_timeout_add_seconds(timeout * timeout, redo_wispr_ipv4, service);
       } else {
           g_timeout_add_seconds(1, redo_wispr, service);
       }
@@ -5898,7 +5901,7 @@ int __connman_service_ipconfig_indicate_state(struct connman_service *service,
 		update_nameservers(service);
 
 		if (type == CONNMAN_IPCONFIG_TYPE_IPV4) {
-			service->online_check_count = 1;
+			service->online_check_count = 12;//this works out to be about 10 minutes total
 			check_proxy_setup(service);
 			service_rp_filter(service, TRUE);
 		} else {