diff --git a/0024-remove-timeout-before-installing-virtio-win-drivers.patch b/0024-remove-timeout-before-installing-virtio-win-drivers.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6de9818
--- /dev/null
+++ b/0024-remove-timeout-before-installing-virtio-win-drivers.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+From 74cbf6c5f6c65736a5b5e70aa8876564948645fa Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Vadim Rozenfeld <vrozenfe@redhat.com>
+Date: Fri, 18 Jul 2025 19:31:34 +1000
+Subject: [PATCH] remove timeout before installing virtio-win drivers
+
+Signed-off-by: Vadim Rozenfeld <vrozenfe@redhat.com>
+(cherry picked from commit 07192e2bf5e73dd4d3d7d3c1faa940c7a67e2d72)
+---
+ convert/convert_windows.ml | 2 --
+ 1 file changed, 2 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/convert/convert_windows.ml b/convert/convert_windows.ml
+index 2ff9bcfa..f416b3ad 100644
+--- a/convert/convert_windows.ml
++++ b/convert/convert_windows.ml
+@@ -401,8 +401,6 @@ let convert (g : G.guestfs) source inspect i_firmware
+                      echo Installing drivers from %inf_dir%\n\
+                      set REBOOT_PENDING=0\n\
+                      \n\
+-                     timeout /t 10 /nobreak\n\
+-                     \n\
+                      reg query \"HKLM\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\WindowsUpdate\\Auto Update\\RebootRequired\"\n\
+                      if %errorlevel%==0 (\n\
+                      echo Windows Update: Reboot required.\n\
diff --git a/virt-v2v.spec b/virt-v2v.spec
index 868b3c6..6d49a20 100644
--- a/virt-v2v.spec
+++ b/virt-v2v.spec
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 Name:          virt-v2v
 Epoch:         1
 Version:       2.8.1
-Release:       6%{?dist}
+Release:       7%{?dist}
 Summary:       Convert a virtual machine to run on KVM
 
 License:       GPL-2.0-or-later AND LGPL-2.0-or-later
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ Patch0020:     0020-RHEL-tests-Remove-btrfs-test.patch
 Patch0021:     0021-RHEL-Remove-block-driver-option.patch
 Patch0022:     0022-RHEL-Remove-o-ovirt-o-ovirt-upload-and-o-vdsm-modes.patch
 Patch0023:     0023-RHEL-Add-warning-about-virt-v2v-in-place-not-being-s.patch
+Patch0024:     0024-remove-timeout-before-installing-virtio-win-drivers.patch
 
 %if !0%{?rhel}
 # libguestfs hasn't been built on i686 for a while since there is no
@@ -340,7 +341,7 @@ done
 
 
 %changelog
-* Wed Jul 16 2025 Richard W.M. Jones <rjones@redhat.com> - 1:2.8.1-6
+* Wed Jul 16 2025 Richard W.M. Jones <rjones@redhat.com> - 1:2.8.1-7
 - Rebase to virt-v2v 2.8.1
   related: RHEL-81735
 - Fix virt-v2v -v --install dnf5 error