diff --git a/neutron/plugins/nicira/api_client/request.py b/neutron/plugins/nicira/api_client/request.py
index 4cc00f8688..a450e325b1 100644
--- a/neutron/plugins/nicira/api_client/request.py
+++ b/neutron/plugins/nicira/api_client/request.py
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 from abc import ABCMeta
 from abc import abstractmethod
 import copy
+import eventlet
 import httplib
 import logging
 import time
@@ -186,7 +187,8 @@ class NvpApiRequest(object):
                 LOG.info(_("[%(rid)d] Redirecting request to: %(conn)s"),
                          {'rid': self._rid(),
                           'conn': self._request_str(conn, url)})
-
+                # yield here, just in case we are not out of the loop yet
+                eventlet.greenthread.sleep(0)
             # If we receive any of these responses, then
             # our server did not process our request and may be in an
             # errored state. Raise an exception, which will cause the
diff --git a/neutron/plugins/nicira/api_client/request_eventlet.py b/neutron/plugins/nicira/api_client/request_eventlet.py
index 0902feb68c..2097ea1c58 100644
--- a/neutron/plugins/nicira/api_client/request_eventlet.py
+++ b/neutron/plugins/nicira/api_client/request_eventlet.py
@@ -139,9 +139,10 @@ class NvpApiRequestEventlet(request.NvpApiRequest):
         attempt = 0
         response = None
         while response is None and attempt <= self._retries:
+            eventlet.greenthread.sleep(0)
             attempt += 1
 
-            req = self.spawn(self._issue_request).wait()
+            req = self._issue_request()
             # automatically raises any exceptions returned.
             if isinstance(req, httplib.HTTPResponse):
                 if attempt <= self._retries and not self._abort: