diff --git a/src/libvirt_private.syms b/src/libvirt_private.syms
index ca4a192a4a..47ea35f864 100644
--- a/src/libvirt_private.syms
+++ b/src/libvirt_private.syms
@@ -2605,6 +2605,7 @@ virProcessGetPids;
 virProcessGetStartTime;
 virProcessKill;
 virProcessKillPainfully;
+virProcessKillPainfullyDelay;
 virProcessNamespaceAvailable;
 virProcessRunInMountNamespace;
 virProcessSchedPolicyTypeFromString;
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_process.c b/src/qemu/qemu_process.c
index b899eed143..ab749389ee 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_process.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_process.c
@@ -6908,8 +6908,11 @@ qemuProcessKill(virDomainObjPtr vm, unsigned int flags)
         return 0;
     }
 
-    ret = virProcessKillPainfully(vm->pid,
-                                  !!(flags & VIR_QEMU_PROCESS_KILL_FORCE));
+    /* Request an extra delay of two seconds per current nhostdevs
+     * to be safe against stalls by the kernel freeing up the resources */
+    ret = virProcessKillPainfullyDelay(vm->pid,
+                                       !!(flags & VIR_QEMU_PROCESS_KILL_FORCE),
+                                       vm->def->nhostdevs * 2);
 
     return ret;
 }
diff --git a/src/util/virprocess.c b/src/util/virprocess.c
index ecea27a2d4..4c7f2ed97c 100644
--- a/src/util/virprocess.c
+++ b/src/util/virprocess.c
@@ -341,15 +341,21 @@ int virProcessKill(pid_t pid, int sig)
  * Returns 0 if it was killed gracefully, 1 if it
  * was killed forcibly, -1 if it is still alive,
  * or another error occurred.
+ *
+ * Callers can proide an extra delay in seconds to
+ * wait longer than the default.
  */
 int
-virProcessKillPainfully(pid_t pid, bool force)
+virProcessKillPainfullyDelay(pid_t pid, bool force, unsigned int extradelay)
 {
     size_t i;
     int ret = -1;
+    /* This is in 1/5th seconds since polling is on a 0.2s interval */
+    unsigned int polldelay = 75 + (extradelay*5);
     const char *signame = "TERM";
 
-    VIR_DEBUG("vpid=%lld force=%d", (long long)pid, force);
+    VIR_DEBUG("vpid=%lld force=%d extradelay=%u",
+              (long long)pid, force, extradelay);
 
     /* This loop sends SIGTERM, then waits a few iterations (10 seconds)
      * to see if it dies. If the process still hasn't exited, and
@@ -357,9 +363,12 @@ virProcessKillPainfully(pid_t pid, bool force)
      * wait up to 5 seconds more for the process to exit before
      * returning.
      *
+     * An extra delay can be passed by the caller for cases that are
+     * expected to clean up slower than usual.
+     *
      * Note that setting @force could result in dataloss for the process.
      */
-    for (i = 0; i < 75; i++) {
+    for (i = 0; i < polldelay; i++) {
         int signum;
         if (i == 0) {
             signum = SIGTERM; /* kindly suggest it should exit */
@@ -402,6 +411,11 @@ virProcessKillPainfully(pid_t pid, bool force)
 }
 
 
+int virProcessKillPainfully(pid_t pid, bool force)
+{
+    return virProcessKillPainfullyDelay(pid, force, 0);
+}
+
 #if HAVE_SCHED_GETAFFINITY
 
 int virProcessSetAffinity(pid_t pid, virBitmapPtr map)
diff --git a/src/util/virprocess.h b/src/util/virprocess.h
index 3c5a882772..5faa0892fe 100644
--- a/src/util/virprocess.h
+++ b/src/util/virprocess.h
@@ -55,6 +55,9 @@ virProcessWait(pid_t pid, int *exitstatus, bool raw)
 int virProcessKill(pid_t pid, int sig);
 
 int virProcessKillPainfully(pid_t pid, bool force);
+int virProcessKillPainfullyDelay(pid_t pid,
+                                 bool force,
+                                 unsigned int extradelay);
 
 int virProcessSetAffinity(pid_t pid, virBitmapPtr map);