Index: parted-1.9.0/libparted/arch/linux.c
===================================================================
--- parted-1.9.0.orig/libparted/arch/linux.c	2010-01-25 16:24:54.000000000 +0100
+++ parted-1.9.0/libparted/arch/linux.c	2010-01-25 16:26:35.000000000 +0100
@@ -2360,8 +2360,17 @@ _disk_sync_part_table (PedDisk* disk)
         int i;
 
         for (i = 1; i <= lpn; i++) {
+				/* try to BLKPG_REMOVE the partition
+				 * retry once more after short sleep if EBUSY
+				 */
                 rets[i - 1] = _blkpg_remove_partition (disk, i);
                 errnums[i - 1] = errno;
+
+				if ( !rets[i - 1] && errnums[i - 1] == EBUSY ) {
+					sleep(1);
+					rets[i - 1] = _blkpg_remove_partition (disk, i);
+					errnums[i - 1] = errno;
+				}
         }
 
         for (i = 1; i <= lpn; i++) {