diff --git a/repos/dde_linux/src/lib/lxip/nic_handler.cc b/repos/dde_linux/src/lib/lxip/nic_handler.cc
index 79825aa213..73e11c2ecb 100644
--- a/repos/dde_linux/src/lib/lxip/nic_handler.cc
+++ b/repos/dde_linux/src/lib/lxip/nic_handler.cc
@@ -47,6 +47,8 @@ class Nic_client
 			if (_nic.link_state() == false || lxip_do_dhcp() == false)
 				return;
 
+			Lx::timer_update_jiffies();
+
 			/* reconnect dhcp client */
 			lxip_configure_dhcp();
 		}
@@ -56,6 +58,8 @@ class Nic_client
 		 */
 		void _packet_avail()
 		{
+			Lx::timer_update_jiffies();
+
 			/* process a batch of only MAX_PACKETS in one run */
 			enum { MAX_PACKETS = 20 };
 
diff --git a/repos/dde_linux/src/lib/lxip/socket_handler.cc b/repos/dde_linux/src/lib/lxip/socket_handler.cc
index 9649e9ce73..24c008c296 100644
--- a/repos/dde_linux/src/lib/lxip/socket_handler.cc
+++ b/repos/dde_linux/src/lib/lxip/socket_handler.cc
@@ -378,6 +378,8 @@ class Net::Socketcall : public Lxip::Socketcall,
 
 		void _dispatch()
 		{
+			Lx::timer_update_jiffies();
+
 			switch (_call.opcode) {
 
 				case OP_ACCEPT   : _do_accept();   break;
diff --git a/repos/dde_linux/src/lib/lxip/timer_handler.cc b/repos/dde_linux/src/lib/lxip/timer_handler.cc
index 103572eb08..61c289e8c3 100644
--- a/repos/dde_linux/src/lib/lxip/timer_handler.cc
+++ b/repos/dde_linux/src/lib/lxip/timer_handler.cc
@@ -178,8 +178,11 @@ class Lx::Timer
 				if (ctx->timeout > jiffies)
 					break;
 
+				ctx->pending = false;
 				ctx->function();
-				del(ctx->timer);
+
+				if (!ctx->pending)
+					del(ctx->timer);
 			}
 
 			/* tick the higher layer of the component */
@@ -360,3 +363,6 @@ int del_timer(struct timer_list *timer)
 
 	return rv;
 }
+
+
+void Lx::timer_update_jiffies() { update_jiffies(); }