diff --git a/src/ebusd/bushandler.cpp b/src/ebusd/bushandler.cpp
index 619e2933..3b7ba3c2 100644
--- a/src/ebusd/bushandler.cpp
+++ b/src/ebusd/bushandler.cpp
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ result_t BusHandler::sendAndWait(SymbolString& master, SymbolString& slave)
 			logError(lf_bus, "%s, give up", getResultCode(result));
 			break;
 		}
-		logError(lf_bus, "%s, %s", getResultCode(result), sendRetries>0 ? "retry send" : "");
+		logError(lf_bus, "%s%s", getResultCode(result), sendRetries>0 ? ", retry" : "");
 
 		request.m_busLostRetries = 0;
 	}
@@ -634,7 +634,9 @@ result_t BusHandler::setState(BusState state, result_t result, bool firstRepetit
 				}
 				m_seenAddresses[dstAddress] = true;
 			}
-			bool restart = m_currentRequest->notify(result, m_response);
+			bool restart = m_currentRequest->notify(
+				result == RESULT_ERR_SYN && (m_state == bs_recvCmdAck || m_state == bs_recvRes) ? RESULT_ERR_TIMEOUT : result, m_response
+			);
 			if (restart) {
 				m_currentRequest->m_busLostRetries = 0;
 				m_nextRequests.add(m_currentRequest);