diff --git a/test-case/check-sof-logger.sh b/test-case/check-sof-logger.sh
index 72b921f8..ec510063 100755
--- a/test-case/check-sof-logger.sh
+++ b/test-case/check-sof-logger.sh
@@ -233,14 +233,20 @@ reload_drivers()
 
     # The DSP may unfortunately need multiple retries to boot, see
     # https://github.com/thesofproject/sof/issues/3395
+    # Timeout needs to be 60+sec as platform with GFX present
+    # on hardware but without functional i915 driver, the SOF
+    # probe will require the 60sec i915 probe timeout to expire
+    # before card probe can be completed.
     dlogi "Polling ${CARD_NODE}, waiting for DSP boot..."
-    for i in $(seq 1 5); do
+    for i in $(seq 1 70); do
         if sudo test -e ${CARD_NODE} ; then
             dlogi "Found ${CARD_NODE}."
             break;
         fi
         sleep 1
     done
+
+    test -e ${CARD_NODE} || die "DSP did not boot (node ${CARD_NODE})"
 }
 
 main()