diff --git a/src/provisioningserver/drivers/power/ipmi.py b/src/provisioningserver/drivers/power/ipmi.py
index e99b807ce..8f56dc77a 100644
--- a/src/provisioningserver/drivers/power/ipmi.py
+++ b/src/provisioningserver/drivers/power/ipmi.py
@@ -154,6 +154,13 @@ IPMI_ERRORS = {
         ),
         "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."
@@ -231,7 +238,7 @@ class IPMIPowerDriver(PowerDriver):
         ),
     ]
     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"):