diff --git a/_modules/neutronv2/arg_converter.py b/_modules/neutronv2/arg_converter.py
index 99cb8fe..79db479 100644
--- a/_modules/neutronv2/arg_converter.py
+++ b/_modules/neutronv2/arg_converter.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 from neutronv2 import common
 import functools
 import inspect
+import time
 from uuid import UUID
 
 
@@ -51,8 +52,14 @@
                 else:
                     # Then we have name not uuid
                     resp_key = response_keys[resource]
-                    resp = resource_lists[resource](
-                        name=ref, cloud_name=cloud_name)[resp_key]
+                    retries = 30
+                    while retries:
+                        resp = resource_lists[resource](
+                            name=ref, cloud_name=cloud_name).get(resp_key)
+                        if resp is not None:
+                            break
+                        retries -= 1
+                        time.sleep(1)
                     if len(resp) == 0:
                         raise common.ResourceNotFound(resp_key, ref)
                     elif len(resp) > 1: