diff --git a/gclient_scm.py b/gclient_scm.py
index 5eddf23958..40dccae0a0 100644
--- a/gclient_scm.py
+++ b/gclient_scm.py
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import os
 import posixpath
 import re
 import subprocess
+import time
 
 import scm
 import gclient_utils
@@ -252,21 +253,22 @@ class GitWrapper(SCMWrapper):
       raise gclient_utils.Error('Invalid Upstream')
 
     # Update the remotes first so we have all the refs.
-    for _ in range(3):
+    for _ in range(10):
       try:
         remote_output, remote_err = scm.GIT.Capture(
             ['remote'] + verbose + ['update'],
             self.checkout_path,
             print_error=False)
         break
-      except gclient_utils.CheckCallError, e:
+      except gclient_utils.CheckCallError:
         # Hackish but at that point, git is known to work so just checking for
         # 502 in stderr should be fine.
         if '502' in e.stderr:
           print str(e)
-          print "Retrying..."
+          print "Sleeping 15 seconds and retrying..."
+          time.sleep(15)
           continue
-        raise e
+        raise
 
     if verbose:
       print remote_output.strip()
diff --git a/scm.py b/scm.py
index a9b1ecf84b..038d2dd471 100644
--- a/scm.py
+++ b/scm.py
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import shutil
 import subprocess
 import sys
 import tempfile
+import time
 import xml.dom.minidom
 
 import gclient_utils
@@ -399,7 +400,7 @@ class SVN(object):
         }[args[0]]
     compiled_pattern = re.compile(pattern)
     # Place an upper limit.
-    for _ in range(1, 10):
+    for _ in range(10):
       previous_list_len = len(file_list)
       failure = []
 
@@ -423,6 +424,8 @@ class SVN(object):
           if args[0] == 'checkout':
             # An aborted checkout is now an update.
             args = ['update'] + args[1:]
+          print "Sleeping 15 seconds and retrying...."
+          time.sleep(15)
           continue
         # No progress was made or an unknown error we aren't sure, bail out.
         raise