diff --git a/lava_helper/lava_wait_jobs.py b/lava_helper/lava_wait_jobs.py
index ae5ea5d..335008c 100755
--- a/lava_helper/lava_wait_jobs.py
+++ b/lava_helper/lava_wait_jobs.py
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 import argparse
 import shutil
 import logging
+from xmlrpc.client import ProtocolError
 from jinja2 import Environment, FileSystemLoader
 from lava_helper import test_lava_dispatch_credentials
 from lava_submit_jobs import submit_lava_jobs
@@ -109,7 +110,7 @@
                 time.sleep(0.2)
                 lava.get_job_results(job_id, results_file)
                 break
-            except IOError as e:
+            except (ProtocolError, IOError) as e:
                 if retry == 1:
                     raise
                 else: