diff -ur x/iptables-1.4.18/libiptc/libiptc.c iptables-1.4.18/libiptc/libiptc.c
--- x/iptables-1.4.18/libiptc/libiptc.c	2013-03-03 14:40:11.000000000 -0700
+++ iptables-1.4.18/libiptc/libiptc.c	2013-06-03 16:03:31.819448019 -0600
@@ -2596,8 +2596,10 @@
 	}
 #endif
 
-	ret = setsockopt(handle->sockfd, TC_IPPROTO, SO_SET_REPLACE, repl,
+	do {
+		ret = setsockopt(handle->sockfd, TC_IPPROTO, SO_SET_REPLACE, repl,
 			 sizeof(*repl) + repl->size);
+	} while ( ret < 0 && ( errno == EAGAIN || errno == EINPROGRESS));
 	if (ret < 0)
 		goto out_free_newcounters;
 
@@ -2672,8 +2674,10 @@
 	}
 #endif
 
-	ret = setsockopt(handle->sockfd, TC_IPPROTO, SO_SET_ADD_COUNTERS,
+	do {
+		ret = setsockopt(handle->sockfd, TC_IPPROTO, SO_SET_ADD_COUNTERS,
 			 newcounters, counterlen);
+	} while ( ret < 0 && ( errno == EAGAIN || errno == EINPROGRESS));
 	if (ret < 0)
 		goto out_free_newcounters;