diff --git a/net-utils/src/lib.rs b/net-utils/src/lib.rs
index 739d1fda59..141852108c 100644
--- a/net-utils/src/lib.rs
+++ b/net-utils/src/lib.rs
@@ -1,13 +1,17 @@
 //! The `net_utils` module assists with networking
-use log::*;
-use rand::{thread_rng, Rng};
-use socket2::{Domain, SockAddr, Socket, Type};
-use std::collections::{BTreeMap, BTreeSet};
-use std::io::{self, Read, Write};
-use std::net::{IpAddr, SocketAddr, TcpListener, TcpStream, ToSocketAddrs, UdpSocket};
-use std::sync::mpsc::channel;
-use std::time::Duration;
-use url::Url;
+use {
+    log::*,
+    rand::{thread_rng, Rng},
+    socket2::{Domain, SockAddr, Socket, Type},
+    std::{
+        collections::{BTreeMap, HashSet},
+        io::{self, Read, Write},
+        net::{IpAddr, SocketAddr, TcpListener, TcpStream, ToSocketAddrs, UdpSocket},
+        sync::{mpsc::channel, Arc, RwLock},
+        time::{Duration, Instant},
+    },
+    url::Url,
+};
 
 mod ip_echo_server;
 use ip_echo_server::IpEchoServerMessage;
@@ -204,21 +208,38 @@ fn do_verify_reachable_ports(
             .map_err(|err| warn!("ip_echo_server request failed: {}", err));
 
             // Spawn threads at once!
+            let reachable_ports = Arc::new(RwLock::new(HashSet::new()));
             let thread_handles: Vec<_> = checked_socket_iter
                 .map(|udp_socket| {
                     let port = udp_socket.local_addr().unwrap().port();
                     let udp_socket = udp_socket.try_clone().expect("Unable to clone udp socket");
+                    let reachable_ports = reachable_ports.clone();
                     std::thread::spawn(move || {
-                        let mut buf = [0; 1];
+                        let start = Instant::now();
+
                         let original_read_timeout = udp_socket.read_timeout().unwrap();
-                        udp_socket.set_read_timeout(Some(timeout)).unwrap();
-                        let recv_result = udp_socket.recv(&mut buf);
-                        debug!(
-                            "Waited for incoming datagram on udp/{}: {:?}",
-                            port, recv_result
-                        );
+                        udp_socket
+                            .set_read_timeout(Some(Duration::from_millis(250)))
+                            .unwrap();
+                        loop {
+                            if reachable_ports.read().unwrap().contains(&port)
+                                || Instant::now().duration_since(start) >= timeout
+                            {
+                                break;
+                            }
+
+                            let recv_result = udp_socket.recv(&mut [0; 1]);
+                            debug!(
+                                "Waited for incoming datagram on udp/{}: {:?}",
+                                port, recv_result
+                            );
+
+                            if recv_result.is_ok() {
+                                reachable_ports.write().unwrap().insert(port);
+                                break;
+                            }
+                        }
                         udp_socket.set_read_timeout(original_read_timeout).unwrap();
-                        recv_result.map(|_| port).ok()
                     })
                 })
                 .collect();
@@ -227,11 +248,11 @@ fn do_verify_reachable_ports(
             // Separate from the above by collect()-ing as an intermediately step to make the iterator
             // eager not lazy so that joining happens here at once after creating bunch of threads
             // at once.
-            let reachable_ports: BTreeSet<_> = thread_handles
-                .into_iter()
-                .filter_map(|t| t.join().unwrap())
-                .collect();
+            for thread in thread_handles {
+                thread.join().unwrap();
+            }
 
+            let reachable_ports = reachable_ports.read().unwrap().clone();
             if reachable_ports.len() == checked_ports.len() {
                 info!(
                     "checked udp ports: {:?}, reachable udp ports: {:?}",