diff --git a/Firmware/mmu2.cpp b/Firmware/mmu2.cpp
index 6bd6f1605..ced863fe0 100644
--- a/Firmware/mmu2.cpp
+++ b/Firmware/mmu2.cpp
@@ -63,8 +63,8 @@ void MMU2::Start() {
 
     // start the communication
     logic.Start();
-
     logic.ResetRetryAttempts();
+    logic.ResetCommunicationTimeoutAttempts();
 }
 
 void MMU2::Stop() {
diff --git a/Firmware/mmu2_protocol_logic.cpp b/Firmware/mmu2_protocol_logic.cpp
index 77a0da950..65b5a4115 100644
--- a/Firmware/mmu2_protocol_logic.cpp
+++ b/Firmware/mmu2_protocol_logic.cpp
@@ -256,7 +256,7 @@ StepStatus ProtocolLogic::ProcessVersionResponse(uint8_t stage) {
                 SendVersion(stage);
             }
         } else {
-            dataTO.Reset(); // got a meaningful response from the MMU, stop data layer timeout tracking
+            ResetCommunicationTimeoutAttempts(); // got a meaningful response from the MMU, stop data layer timeout tracking
             SendVersion(stage + 1);
         }
     }
@@ -774,7 +774,7 @@ void ProtocolLogic::LogResponse() {
 StepStatus ProtocolLogic::SuppressShortDropOuts(const char *msg_P, StepStatus ss) {
     if (dataTO.Record(ss)) {
         LogError(msg_P);
-        dataTO.Reset(); // prepare for another run of consecutive retries before firing an error
+        ResetCommunicationTimeoutAttempts(); // prepare for another run of consecutive retries before firing an error
         return dataTO.InitialCause();
     } else {
         return Processing; // suppress short drop outs of communication
@@ -865,6 +865,11 @@ void ProtocolLogic::ResetRetryAttempts() {
     retryAttempts = MAX_RETRIES;
 }
 
+void __attribute__((noinline)) ProtocolLogic::ResetCommunicationTimeoutAttempts() {
+    SERIAL_ECHOLNPGM("RSTCommTimeout");
+    dataTO.Reset();
+}
+
 bool DropOutFilter::Record(StepStatus ss) {
     if (occurrences == maxOccurrences) {
         cause = ss;
diff --git a/Firmware/mmu2_protocol_logic.h b/Firmware/mmu2_protocol_logic.h
index bf884106b..6e46360ed 100644
--- a/Firmware/mmu2_protocol_logic.h
+++ b/Firmware/mmu2_protocol_logic.h
@@ -186,6 +186,8 @@ public:
     /// Reset the retryAttempts back to the default value
     void ResetRetryAttempts();
 
+    void ResetCommunicationTimeoutAttempts();
+
     constexpr bool InAutoRetry() const { return inAutoRetry; }
     void SetInAutoRetry(bool iar) {
         inAutoRetry = iar;