diff --git a/meta/lib/oeqa/utils/qemurunner.py b/meta/lib/oeqa/utils/qemurunner.py
index 5fed705977..554946e2d7 100644
--- a/meta/lib/oeqa/utils/qemurunner.py
+++ b/meta/lib/oeqa/utils/qemurunner.py
@@ -444,9 +444,11 @@ class QemuRunner:
         self.logger.debug("Waiting at most %d seconds for login banner (%s)" %
                           (self.boottime, time.strftime("%D %H:%M:%S")))
         endtime = time.time() + self.boottime
+        newlinetime = time.time() + 120
         filelist = [self.server_socket, self.runqemu.stdout]
         reachedlogin = False
         stopread = False
+        sentnewlines = False
         qemusock = None
         bootlog = b''
         data = b''
@@ -455,6 +457,16 @@ class QemuRunner:
                 sread, swrite, serror = select.select(filelist, [], [], 5)
             except InterruptedError:
                 continue
+            # With the 6.5 kernel, the serial port getty sometimes fails to appear, the data
+            # appears lost in some buffer somewhere. Wait two minutes, then if we've not had a login,
+            # try and provoke one. This is a workaround until we can work out the root cause.
+            if time.time() > newlinetime and not sentnewlines:
+                self.logger.warning('Probing the serial port to wake it up!')
+                try:
+                    self.server_socket.sendall(bytes("\n\n", "utf-8"))
+                except BrokenPipeError as e:
+                    self.logger.debug('Probe failed %s' % repr(e))
+                sentnewlines = True
             for file in sread:
                 if file is self.server_socket:
                     qemusock, addr = self.server_socket.accept()