According to one general aspect, a method of re-establishing a radio link control (RLC) connection between a peer entity and another peer entity in a wireless network is described herein. The method may include determining the occurrence of an RLC error condition. Subsequently, transmitting a RLC re-establishment request to the other peer entity. Delaying the completion of the RLC re-establishment process for a period of time. And, completing the RLC re-establishment process.