--- netdump-0.7.16/netdumpclient.c.orig	2007-02-26 14:44:48.000000000 -0500
+++ netdump-0.7.16/netdumpclient.c	2007-02-26 14:55:42.000000000 -0500
@@ -2471,8 +2471,15 @@ status_timeout (NetdumpClient *client,
     status_request (client, FALSE);
   else
     {
-      syslog (LOG_WARNING, "Got too many timeouts waiting for SHOW_STATUS for client %s, rebooting it\n", client->ip_addr);
-      netdump_client_destroy (client, TRUE);
+	if (client->got_log_packet) {
+		/* keep trying if we are getting log messages */
+		client->got_log_packet = FALSE;
+		client->process_packet = status_packet;  /* may not be necessary */
+		client->timeout = status_timeout;  /* may not be necessary */
+      	} else {
+	      syslog (LOG_WARNING, "Got too many timeouts waiting for SHOW_STATUS for client %s, rebooting it\n", client->ip_addr);
+	      netdump_client_destroy (client, TRUE);
+	}
     }
 }