diff --git a/cloudcontrol/node/hypervisor/lib.py b/cloudcontrol/node/hypervisor/lib.py
index 30a9a2fad0b11d62484e5c9611be5d05dc00ca9e..c3bc1f21274c90b2158a1ba9d52d474078da198d 100644
--- a/cloudcontrol/node/hypervisor/lib.py
+++ b/cloudcontrol/node/hypervisor/lib.py
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 """Helpers for libvirt."""
 
 import logging
+import time
 from itertools import chain, imap, count
 from StringIO import StringIO
 from xml.etree import cElementTree as et
@@ -303,7 +304,7 @@ class StorageIndex(object):
         self.paths = None
         self.update()
 
-    def update(self):
+    def update(self, retry=1):
         """Update storage pools and volumes."""
         # go through all storage pools and check if it is already in the index
         for lv_storage in imap(
@@ -315,7 +316,7 @@ class StorageIndex(object):
         ):
             if lv_storage.name() in self.storages:
                 # update
-                self.storages[lv_storage.name()].update()
+                self.storages[lv_storage.name()].update(retry)
             else:
                 # add storage pool
                 s = Storage(lv_storage)
@@ -416,6 +417,7 @@ class Storage(object):
     """Storage abstraction."""
 
     SHARED_TYPES = ['rbd']
+    REFRESH_RETRY_INTERVAL = 1
 
     def __init__(self, lv_storage):
         """
@@ -438,9 +440,17 @@ class Storage(object):
     def is_shared(self):
         return True if self.type in Storage.SHARED_TYPES else False
 
-    def update(self):
+    def update(self, retry=1):
+        for _ in xrange(retry):
+            try:
+                self.lv_storage.refresh()
+            except libvirt.libvirtError as err:
+                logger.warning('Unable to refresh storage %s: %s', self.name, err)
+                time.sleep(self.REFRESH_RETRY_INTERVAL)
+            else:
+                break
+
         try:
-            self.lv_storage.refresh()
             self.update_attr()
 
             # update volumes