diff --git a/pkg/driver_atwinc15x0/patches/0007-nmasic-always-use-2000-retries.patch b/pkg/driver_atwinc15x0/patches/0007-nmasic-always-use-2000-retries.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..167ee3080a23
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/driver_atwinc15x0/patches/0007-nmasic-always-use-2000-retries.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+From 9664046ab3fb2355fc3058bef90cc8727a67730b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Benjamin Valentin <benjamin.valentin@ml-pa.com>
+Date: Wed, 15 Jun 2022 18:06:09 +0200
+Subject: [PATCH 1/3] nmasic: always use 2000 retries
+
+---
+ src/driver/source/nmasic.c | 6 +-----
+ 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 5 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/src/driver/source/nmasic.c b/src/driver/source/nmasic.c
+index 91c0e5a..9f46398 100644
+--- a/src/driver/source/nmasic.c
++++ b/src/driver/source/nmasic.c
+@@ -59,11 +59,7 @@
+ 
+ 
+ 
+-#ifdef ARDUINO
+-#define TIMEOUT						(2000)
+-#else
+-#define TIMEOUT						(0xfffffffful)
+-#endif
++#define TIMEOUT				(2000)
+ #define WAKUP_TRAILS_TIMEOUT		(4)
+ 
+ sint8 chip_apply_conf(uint32 u32Conf)
+-- 
+2.34.1
+
diff --git a/pkg/driver_atwinc15x0/patches/0008-nmasic-limit-retries-in-wait_for_bootrom.patch b/pkg/driver_atwinc15x0/patches/0008-nmasic-limit-retries-in-wait_for_bootrom.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..5bb2a6190e26
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/driver_atwinc15x0/patches/0008-nmasic-limit-retries-in-wait_for_bootrom.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+From 142506c9ed4e2d3a1c59cf39cd86473074981c6a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Benjamin Valentin <benjamin.valentin@ml-pa.com>
+Date: Wed, 15 Jun 2022 14:01:42 +0200
+Subject: [PATCH 2/3] nmasic: limit retries in wait_for_bootrom()
+
+If no device is connected or init failed, wait_for_bootrom() will
+be stuck in an infinite loop trying to get a result from nm_read_reg().
+
+Place an upper limit on the number of retries so we can recover from
+this instead of being stuck here.
+---
+ src/driver/source/nmasic.c | 9 ++++++++-
+ 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
+
+diff --git a/src/driver/source/nmasic.c b/src/driver/source/nmasic.c
+index 9f46398..b77dc5a 100644
+--- a/src/driver/source/nmasic.c
++++ b/src/driver/source/nmasic.c
+@@ -400,6 +400,7 @@ sint8 chip_reset(void)
+ sint8 wait_for_bootrom(uint8 arg)
+ {
+ 	sint8 ret = M2M_SUCCESS;
++	uint16 retries = TIMEOUT;
+ 	uint32 reg = 0, cnt = 0;
+ 	uint32 u32GpReg1 = 0;
+ 	uint32 u32DriverVerInfo = M2M_MAKE_VERSION_INFO(M2M_RELEASE_VERSION_MAJOR_NO,\
+@@ -409,13 +410,19 @@ sint8 wait_for_bootrom(uint8 arg)
+ 
+ 
+ 	reg = 0;
+-	while(1) {
++	while(--retries) {
+ 		reg = nm_read_reg(0x1014);	/* wait for efuse loading done */
+ 		if (reg & 0x80000000) {
+ 			break;
+ 		}
+ 		nm_bsp_sleep(1); /* TODO: Why bus error if this delay is not here. */
+ 	}
++
++	/* communication with device failed */
++	if(retries == 0) {
++		return M2M_ERR_INIT;
++	}
++
+ 	reg = nm_read_reg(M2M_WAIT_FOR_HOST_REG);
+ 	reg &= 0x1;
+ 
+-- 
+2.34.1
+
diff --git a/pkg/driver_atwinc15x0/patches/0009-nmasic-limit-retries-in-chip_apply_conf.patch b/pkg/driver_atwinc15x0/patches/0009-nmasic-limit-retries-in-chip_apply_conf.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..8d48ac641e7a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/driver_atwinc15x0/patches/0009-nmasic-limit-retries-in-chip_apply_conf.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+From c1efd943abeb7ddf643bdb0849d1d70ae748ac5d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Benjamin Valentin <benjamin.valentin@ml-pa.com>
+Date: Wed, 15 Jun 2022 18:05:45 +0200
+Subject: [PATCH 3/3] nmasic: limit retries in chip_apply_conf()
+
+---
+ src/driver/source/nmasic.c | 5 +++--
+ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/src/driver/source/nmasic.c b/src/driver/source/nmasic.c
+index b77dc5a..bcc766d 100644
+--- a/src/driver/source/nmasic.c
++++ b/src/driver/source/nmasic.c
+@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@
+ sint8 chip_apply_conf(uint32 u32Conf)
+ {
+ 	sint8 ret = M2M_SUCCESS;
++	uint16 retries = TIMEOUT;
+ 	uint32 val32 = u32Conf;
+ 	
+ #if (defined __ENABLE_PMU__) || (defined CONF_WINC_INT_PMU)
+@@ -98,9 +99,9 @@ sint8 chip_apply_conf(uint32 u32Conf)
+ 		} else {
+ 			break;
+ 		}
+-	} while(1);
++	} while(--retries);
+ 
+-	return M2M_SUCCESS;
++	return retries ? M2M_SUCCESS : M2M_ERR_TIME_OUT;
+ }
+ void chip_idle(void)
+ {
+-- 
+2.34.1
+