diff --git a/profiles/openshift/tuned.conf b/profiles/openshift/tuned.conf
index 9815fb9..ec4bf1a 100644
--- a/profiles/openshift/tuned.conf
+++ b/profiles/openshift/tuned.conf
@@ -25,6 +25,10 @@ net.ipv6.neigh.default.gc_thresh2=32768
 net.ipv6.neigh.default.gc_thresh3=65536
 vm.max_map_count=262144
 
+[sysfs]
+/sys/module/nvme_core/parameters/io_timeout=4294967295
+/sys/module/nvme_core/parameters/max_retries=10
+
 [scheduler]
 # see rhbz#1979352; exclude containers from aligning to house keeping CPUs
 cgroup_ps_blacklist=/kubepods\.slice/