diff --git a/lib/ansible/module_utils/ovirt.py b/lib/ansible/module_utils/ovirt.py
index 40ca8bc233d..19653bbbee7 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/module_utils/ovirt.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/module_utils/ovirt.py
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ from abc import ABCMeta, abstractmethod
 from datetime import datetime
 from distutils.version import LooseVersion
 
+from ansible.module_utils.cloud import CloudRetry
 from ansible.module_utils.common._collections_compat import Mapping
 
 try:
@@ -802,3 +803,32 @@ class BaseModule(object):
         if isinstance(full_version, otypes.Version):
             return int(full_version.minor)
         return int(full_version.split('.')[1])
+
+
+def _sdk4_error_maybe():
+    """
+    Allow for ovirtsdk4 not being installed.
+    """
+    if HAS_SDK:
+        return sdk.Error
+    return type(None)
+
+
+class OvirtRetry(CloudRetry):
+    base_class = _sdk4_error_maybe()
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def status_code_from_exception(error):
+        return error.code
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def found(response_code, catch_extra_error_codes=None):
+        # This is a list of error codes to retry.
+        retry_on = [
+            # HTTP status: Conflict
+            409,
+        ]
+        if catch_extra_error_codes:
+            retry_on.extend(catch_extra_error_codes)
+
+        return response_code in retry_on
diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/ovirt/ovirt_storage_domain.py b/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/ovirt/ovirt_storage_domain.py
index d4ae30bbf23..3b874237253 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/ovirt/ovirt_storage_domain.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/ovirt/ovirt_storage_domain.py
@@ -311,6 +311,7 @@ from ansible.module_utils.ovirt import (
     equal,
     get_entity,
     get_id_by_name,
+    OvirtRetry,
     ovirt_full_argument_spec,
     search_by_name,
     search_by_attributes,
@@ -676,7 +677,10 @@ def main():
         elif state == 'maintenance':
             sd_id = storage_domains_module.create()['id']
             storage_domains_module.post_create_check(sd_id)
-            ret = storage_domains_module.action(
+
+            ret = OvirtRetry.backoff(tries=5, delay=1, backoff=2)(
+                storage_domains_module.action
+            )(
                 action='deactivate',
                 action_condition=lambda s: s.status == sdstate.ACTIVE,
                 wait_condition=lambda s: s.status == sdstate.MAINTENANCE,