Index: cryptsetup-1.0.5/lib/libdevmapper.c
===================================================================
--- cryptsetup-1.0.5.orig/lib/libdevmapper.c
+++ cryptsetup-1.0.5/lib/libdevmapper.c
@@ -18,6 +18,13 @@
 
 #define	CRYPT_TARGET	"crypt"
 
+#define UDEVSETTLE	"/sbin/udevsettle"
+
+static void run_udevsettle(void)
+{
+	system(UDEVSETTLE);
+}
+
 static void set_dm_error(int level, const char *file, int line,
                          const char *f, ...)
 {
@@ -184,6 +191,9 @@ static int dm_create_device(int reload, 
 	if (dmi.read_only)
 		options->flags |= CRYPT_FLAG_READONLY;
 
+	/* run udevsettle to avoid problems with busy dm devices */
+	run_udevsettle();
+
 	r = 0;
 	
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