diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 444de7428..3de2a4631 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ customers cannot upgrade their bootloader, its changes are recorded separately.
 - simulator: simulate a Nova device
 - Add API call to fetch multiple xpubs at once
 - Add the option for the simulator to write its memory to file.
+- Attempt to fix "backup creation failed" while backup creation actually succeeded
 
 ### 9.23.2
 - Improve touch sensor reliability when the sdcard is inserted
diff --git a/src/sd.c b/src/sd.c
index 8d0462a4c..645c2de41 100644
--- a/src/sd.c
+++ b/src/sd.c
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 #include "screen.h"
 #include "sd.h"
 #include "util.h"
+#include <usb/usb_processing.h>
 
 #include <ff.h>
 
@@ -311,14 +312,17 @@ void sd_free_list(sd_list_t* list)
 
 bool sd_card_inserted(void)
 {
+    // The sd card is allowed up to 1s to initialize, therefore the usb processing timeout must also
+    // be increased by about 1s.
+    usb_processing_timeout_reset(-10);
 #ifdef TESTING
     return true;
 #else
     sd_mmc_err_t err = sd_mmc_check(0);
     /* If initialization is ongoing, wait up to 1 second for it to initialize */
     if (err == SD_MMC_INIT_ONGOING) {
-        for (int i = 0; i < 10; ++i) {
-            delay_ms(100);
+        for (int i = 0; i < 100; ++i) {
+            delay_ms(10);
             err = sd_mmc_check(0);
             if (err != SD_MMC_INIT_ONGOING) {
                 break;