diff --git a/drivers/net/can/usb/kvaser_usb.c b/drivers/net/can/usb/kvaser_usb.c
index f0c62075df0abbcfac04d141922554402ed2ba4f..55407b9663a68d06ee2e216becbcb10bc6205e90 100644
--- a/drivers/net/can/usb/kvaser_usb.c
+++ b/drivers/net/can/usb/kvaser_usb.c
@@ -1585,7 +1585,7 @@ static int kvaser_usb_probe(struct usb_interface *intf,
 {
 	struct kvaser_usb *dev;
 	int err = -ENOMEM;
-	int i;
+	int i, retry = 3;
 
 	dev = devm_kzalloc(&intf->dev, sizeof(*dev), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!dev)
@@ -1603,7 +1603,15 @@ static int kvaser_usb_probe(struct usb_interface *intf,
 
 	usb_set_intfdata(intf, dev);
 
-	err = kvaser_usb_get_software_info(dev);
+	/* On some x86 laptops, plugging a Kvaser device again after
+	 * an unplug makes the firmware always ignore the very first
+	 * command. For such a case, provide some room for retries
+	 * instead of completely exiting the driver.
+	 */
+	do {
+		err = kvaser_usb_get_software_info(dev);
+	} while (--retry && err == -ETIMEDOUT);
+
 	if (err) {
 		dev_err(&intf->dev,
 			"Cannot get software infos, error %d\n", err);