diff --git a/conf/type/__partition_msdos_apply/files/lib.sh b/conf/type/__partition_msdos_apply/files/lib.sh
index 01a817a8..f0859aab 100644
--- a/conf/type/__partition_msdos_apply/files/lib.sh
+++ b/conf/type/__partition_msdos_apply/files/lib.sh
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ fdisk_command() {
 
    debug fdisk_command "running fdisk command '${cmd}' on device ${device}"
    printf "${cmd}\nw\n" | fdisk -c -u "$device"
+   # give disk some time
+   sleep 1
    return $?
 }