diff --git a/qemu/tests/boot_order_check.py b/qemu/tests/boot_order_check.py
index 56ff728e2a0fb6e8b94689fc20524d4c6952b684..4f5233f9a9e6871a1c7b916dfbbcd71b3558f68c 100644
--- a/qemu/tests/boot_order_check.py
+++ b/qemu/tests/boot_order_check.py
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import time
 from avocado.utils import process
 
 from virttest import error_context
+from virttest import utils_misc
 
 
 @error_context.context_aware
@@ -29,13 +30,16 @@ def run(test, params, env):
                 device_found = dev
                 break
             elif dev['class_info']['desc'] == 'PCI bridge':
-                device_found = _get_device(dev['pci_bridge']['devices'],
+                pci_bridge_devices = dev['pci_bridge'].get('devices')
+                if not pci_bridge_devices:
+                    continue
+                device_found = _get_device(pci_bridge_devices,
                                            dev_id)
                 if device_found:
                     break
         return device_found
 
-    def _get_pci_addr_by_devid(vm, dev_id):
+    def _get_pci_addr_by_devid(dev_id):
         dev_addr = ''
         dev_addr_fmt = '%02d:%02d.%d'
         pci_info = vm.monitor.info('pci', debug=False)
@@ -71,6 +75,7 @@ def run(test, params, env):
             process.system("ifconfig %s down" % nic.ifname)
 
     vm.resume()
+    devices_load_timeout = int(params.get("devices_load_timeout", 10))
 
     timeout = int(params.get("login_timeout", 240))
     bootorder_type = params.get("bootorder_type")
@@ -83,7 +88,8 @@ def run(test, params, env):
 
     for nic in vm.virtnet:
         boot_index = params['bootindex_%s' % nic.nic_name]
-        pci_addr = _get_pci_addr_by_devid(vm, nic.device_id)
+        pci_addr = utils_misc.wait_for(lambda: _get_pci_addr_by_devid(nic.device_id),
+                                       timeout=devices_load_timeout)
         if not pci_addr:
             test.fail("Cannot get the pci address of %s." % nic.nic_name)
         list_nic_addr.append((pci_addr, boot_index))
diff --git a/qemu/tests/cfg/boot_order_check.cfg b/qemu/tests/cfg/boot_order_check.cfg
index bee4b6b0365679fd1aa9d8d944b50c03ddb43bfc..6c20cb3917481cc9a5d53182cdc5976c4c5b49c7 100644
--- a/qemu/tests/cfg/boot_order_check.cfg
+++ b/qemu/tests/cfg/boot_order_check.cfg
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
     kill_vm = yes
     boot_menu = on
     enable_sga = yes
+    devices_load_timeout = 10
     # we have QEMU machine with three NICs (virtio, e1000, rtl8139)
     # and two disks (default, IDE). firmware should try to boot from the bootindex=1
     # first. If this fails, it should try the bootindex=2 next, and so on.