diff --git a/package/network/utils/uqmi/Makefile b/package/network/utils/uqmi/Makefile
index 68958a372919ee..da54ba0f4652b9 100644
--- a/package/network/utils/uqmi/Makefile
+++ b/package/network/utils/uqmi/Makefile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=uqmi
-PKG_RELEASE:=2
+PKG_RELEASE:=3
 
 PKG_SOURCE_PROTO:=git
 PKG_SOURCE_URL=$(PROJECT_GIT)/project/uqmi.git
diff --git a/package/network/utils/uqmi/files/lib/netifd/proto/qmi.sh b/package/network/utils/uqmi/files/lib/netifd/proto/qmi.sh
index a6c785eb563d68..c0134f44dde3e5 100755
--- a/package/network/utils/uqmi/files/lib/netifd/proto/qmi.sh
+++ b/package/network/utils/uqmi/files/lib/netifd/proto/qmi.sh
@@ -209,19 +209,36 @@ proto_qmi_setup() {
 
 	uqmi -s -d "$device" --sync > /dev/null 2>&1
 
+	uqmi -s -d "$device" --network-register > /dev/null 2>&1
+
 	echo "Waiting for network registration"
+	sleep 1
 	local registration_timeout=0
-	while uqmi -s -d "$device" --get-serving-system | grep '"searching"' > /dev/null; do
-		[ -e "$device" ] || return 1
-		if [ "$registration_timeout" -lt "$timeout" -o "$timeout" = "0" ]; then
-			let registration_timeout++
-			sleep 1;
+	local registration_state=""
+	while true; do
+		registration_state=$(uqmi -s -d "$device" --get-serving-system 2>/dev/null | jsonfilter -e "@.registration" 2>/dev/null)
+
+		[ "$registration_state" = "registered" ] && break
+
+		if [ "$registration_state" = "searching" ] || [ "$registration_state" = "not_registered" ]; then
+			if [ "$registration_timeout" -lt "$timeout" ] || [ "$timeout" = "0" ]; then
+				[ "$registration_state" = "searching" ] || {
+					echo "Device stopped network registration. Restart network registration"
+					uqmi -s -d "$device" --network-register > /dev/null 2>&1
+				}
+				let registration_timeout++
+				sleep 1
+				continue
+			fi
+			echo "Network registration failed, registration timeout reached"
 		else
-			echo "Network registration failed"
-			proto_notify_error "$interface" NETWORK_REGISTRATION_FAILED
-			proto_block_restart "$interface"
-			return 1
+			# registration_state is 'registration_denied' or 'unknown' or ''
+			echo "Network registration failed (reason: '$registration_state')"
 		fi
+
+		proto_notify_error "$interface" NETWORK_REGISTRATION_FAILED
+		proto_block_restart "$interface"
+		return 1
 	done
 
 	[ -n "$modes" ] && uqmi -s -d "$device" --set-network-modes "$modes" > /dev/null 2>&1