Index: xen-4.0.0-testing/tools/ioemu-remote/hw/xen_console.c
===================================================================
--- xen-4.0.0-testing.orig/tools/ioemu-remote/hw/xen_console.c
+++ xen-4.0.0-testing/tools/ioemu-remote/hw/xen_console.c
@@ -182,6 +182,7 @@ static int con_init(struct XenDevice *xe
 {
     struct XenConsole *con = container_of(xendev, struct XenConsole, xendev);
     char *type, *dom;
+    int retries = 0;
 
     /* setup */
     dom = xs_get_domain_path(xenstore, con->xendev.dom);
@@ -191,7 +192,11 @@ static int con_init(struct XenDevice *xe
         snprintf(con->console, sizeof(con->console), "%s/device/console/%d", dom, xendev->dev);
     free(dom);
 
-    type = xenstore_read_str(con->console, "type");
+    while (!(type = xenstore_read_str(con->console, "type")) && retries < 5) {
+       usleep(250000);
+       retries++;
+    }
+    
     if (!type || 0 != strcmp(type, "ioemu")) {
 	xen_be_printf(xendev, 1, "not for me (type=%s)\n", type);
 	if (type)