diff --git a/error_code.h b/error_code.h
index 0e79c87..9fe047c 100644
--- a/error_code.h
+++ b/error_code.h
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@
   kTune2FsFailure,
   kRebootFailure,
   kPackageExtractFileFailure,
+  kPatchApplicationFailure,
   kVendorFailure = 200
 };
 
diff --git a/recovery.cpp b/recovery.cpp
index dfae7f0..122b89d 100644
--- a/recovery.cpp
+++ b/recovery.cpp
@@ -112,8 +112,9 @@
 static const char *TEMPORARY_INSTALL_FILE = "/tmp/last_install";
 static const char *LAST_KMSG_FILE = "/cache/recovery/last_kmsg";
 static const char *LAST_LOG_FILE = "/cache/recovery/last_log";
-// We will try to apply the update package 5 times at most in case of an I/O error.
-static const int EIO_RETRY_COUNT = 4;
+// We will try to apply the update package 5 times at most in case of an I/O error or
+// bspatch | imgpatch error.
+static const int RETRY_LIMIT = 4;
 static const int BATTERY_READ_TIMEOUT_IN_SEC = 10;
 // GmsCore enters recovery mode to install package when having enough battery
 // percentage. Normally, the threshold is 40% without charger and 20% with charger.
@@ -1530,9 +1531,9 @@
             }
             if (status != INSTALL_SUCCESS) {
                 ui->Print("Installation aborted.\n");
-                // When I/O error happens, reboot and retry installation EIO_RETRY_COUNT
+                // When I/O error happens, reboot and retry installation RETRY_LIMIT
                 // times before we abandon this OTA update.
-                if (status == INSTALL_RETRY && retry_count < EIO_RETRY_COUNT) {
+                if (status == INSTALL_RETRY && retry_count < RETRY_LIMIT) {
                     copy_logs();
                     set_retry_bootloader_message(retry_count, args);
                     // Print retry count on screen.
diff --git a/updater/blockimg.cpp b/updater/blockimg.cpp
index d5c1704..df366b0 100644
--- a/updater/blockimg.cpp
+++ b/updater/blockimg.cpp
@@ -1213,6 +1213,7 @@
                                       std::placeholders::_2),
                             nullptr, nullptr) != 0) {
           LOG(ERROR) << "Failed to apply image patch.";
+          failure_type = kPatchApplicationFailure;
           return -1;
         }
       } else {
@@ -1221,6 +1222,7 @@
                                        std::placeholders::_2),
                              nullptr) != 0) {
           LOG(ERROR) << "Failed to apply bsdiff patch.";
+          failure_type = kPatchApplicationFailure;
           return -1;
         }
       }
diff --git a/updater/updater.cpp b/updater/updater.cpp
index 1be8b60..f5ff6df 100644
--- a/updater/updater.cpp
+++ b/updater/updater.cpp
@@ -202,6 +202,10 @@
     // Cause code should provide additional information about the abort.
     if (state.cause_code != kNoCause) {
       fprintf(cmd_pipe, "log cause: %d\n", state.cause_code);
+      if (state.cause_code == kPatchApplicationFailure) {
+        LOG(INFO) << "Patch application failed, retry update.";
+        fprintf(cmd_pipe, "retry_update\n");
+      }
     }
 
     if (updater_info.package_zip) {