diff -ur libvirt-6.10.0.orig/src/util/virutil.c libvirt-6.10.0/src/util/virutil.c
--- libvirt-6.10.0.orig/src/util/virutil.c	2021-01-01 20:41:27.420692686 +0100
+++ libvirt-6.10.0/src/util/virutil.c	2021-01-01 20:41:48.503692686 +0100
@@ -1316,7 +1316,7 @@
     if (!(udev = virFindFileInPath(UDEVADM)))
         return;
 
-    if (!(cmd = virCommandNewArgList(udev, "settle", NULL)))
+    if (!(cmd = virCommandNewArgList(udev, "settle", "--timeout=10", NULL)))
         return;
 
     /*