1 files changed, 2 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/meta/lib/oeqa/utils/qemurunner.py b/meta/lib/oeqa/utils/qemurunner.py
index d21b0a275f..1aaba02bd8 100644
--- a/meta/lib/oeqa/utils/qemurunner.py
+++ b/meta/lib/oeqa/utils/qemurunner.py
@@ -653,6 +653,8 @@ class QemuRunner:
             except InterruptedError:
                 continue
             if sread:
+                # try to avoid reading single character at a time
+                time.sleep(0.1)
                 answer = self.server_socket.recv(1024)
                 if answer:
                     data += answer.decode('utf-8')