diff --git a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/tinfoil.py b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/tinfoil.py
index 206168e..a51c604 100644
--- a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/tinfoil.py
+++ b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/tinfoil.py
@@ -100,9 +100,11 @@
             eventreceived = False
             commandcomplete = False
             start = time.time()
-            # Wait for 10s in total so we'd detect spurious heartbeat events for example
+            # Wait for maximum 60s in total so we'd detect spurious heartbeat events for example
             # The test is IO load sensitive too
-            while time.time() - start < 10:
+            while (not (eventreceived == True and commandcomplete == True) 
+                    and (time.time() - start < 60)):
+                # if we received both events (on let's say a good day), we are done  
                 event = tinfoil.wait_event(1)
                 if event:
                     if isinstance(event, bb.command.CommandCompleted):