diff --git a/testing/sisyphus/bin/create-profile.sh b/testing/sisyphus/bin/create-profile.sh
index 126d9cc42444..309ce05d63bc 100755
--- a/testing/sisyphus/bin/create-profile.sh
+++ b/testing/sisyphus/bin/create-profile.sh
@@ -121,11 +121,16 @@ fi
 
 echo "creating profile $profilename in directory $directory"
 
-if ! $TEST_DIR/bin/timed_run.py ${TEST_STARTUP_TIMEOUT} "-" \
+tries=1
+while ! $TEST_DIR/bin/timed_run.py ${TEST_STARTUP_TIMEOUT} "-" \
         $EXECUTABLE_DRIVER \
-        $executable -CreateProfile "$profilename $directoryospath"; then
-	error "creating profile $directory" $LINENO
-fi
+        $executable -CreateProfile "$profilename $directoryospath"; do
+    let tries=tries+1
+    if [ "$tries" -gt $TEST_STARTUP_TRIES ]; then
+	    error "Failed to create profile $directory Exiting..." $LINENO
+    fi
+    sleep 30
+done
 
 if [[ -n $profiletemplate ]]; then
 	if [[ ! -d $profiletemplate ]]; then