diff --git a/oslo/messaging/_drivers/impl_rabbit.py b/oslo/messaging/_drivers/impl_rabbit.py
index 48e026f75..d602f0070 100644
--- a/oslo/messaging/_drivers/impl_rabbit.py
+++ b/oslo/messaging/_drivers/impl_rabbit.py
@@ -536,14 +536,6 @@ class Connection(object):
         # Return the extended behavior or just have the default behavior
         return ssl_params or None
 
-    def _setup_new_channel(self, new_channel):
-        """Callback invoked when the kombu connection have created
-        a new channel, we use it the reconfigure our consumers.
-        """
-        self.consumer_num = itertools.count(1)
-        for consumer in self.consumers:
-            consumer.reconnect(new_channel)
-
     def ensure(self, error_callback, method, retry=None,
                timeout_is_error=True):
         """Will retry up to retry number of times.
@@ -559,18 +551,23 @@ class Connection(object):
             retry = None
 
         def on_error(exc, interval):
+            self.channel = None
+
             error_callback and error_callback(exc)
 
+            interval = (self.conf.kombu_reconnect_delay + interval
+                        if self.conf.kombu_reconnect_delay > 0 else interval)
+
             info = {'hostname': self.connection.hostname,
                     'port': self.connection.port,
                     'err_str': exc, 'sleep_time': interval}
 
             if 'Socket closed' in six.text_type(exc):
-                LOG.error(_('AMQP server %(hostname)s:%(port)d closed'
+                LOG.error(_('AMQP server %(hostname)s:%(port)s closed'
                             ' the connection. Check login credentials:'
                             ' %(err_str)s'), info)
             else:
-                LOG.error(_('AMQP server on %(hostname)s:%(port)d is '
+                LOG.error(_('AMQP server on %(hostname)s:%(port)s is '
                             'unreachable: %(err_str)s. Trying again in '
                             '%(sleep_time)d seconds.'), info)
 
@@ -585,10 +582,16 @@ class Connection(object):
             # should sufficient, because the underlying kombu transport
             # connection object freed.
             if self.conf.kombu_reconnect_delay > 0:
-                LOG.info(_("Delaying reconnect for %1.1f seconds...") %
-                         self.conf.kombu_reconnect_delay)
                 time.sleep(self.conf.kombu_reconnect_delay)
 
+        def on_reconnection(new_channel):
+            """Callback invoked when the kombu reconnects and creates
+            a new channel, we use it the reconfigure our consumers.
+            """
+            self.consumer_num = itertools.count(1)
+            for consumer in self.consumers:
+                consumer.reconnect(new_channel)
+
         recoverable_errors = (self.connection.recoverable_channel_errors +
                               self.connection.recoverable_connection_errors)
         try:
@@ -598,12 +601,13 @@ class Connection(object):
                 errback=on_error,
                 interval_start=self.interval_start or 1,
                 interval_step=self.interval_stepping,
-                on_revive=self._setup_new_channel,
+                on_revive=on_reconnection,
             )
             ret, channel = autoretry_method()
             self.channel = channel
             return ret
         except recoverable_errors as exc:
+            self.channel = None
             # NOTE(sileht): number of retry exceeded and the connection
             # is still broken
             msg = _('Unable to connect to AMQP server on '
@@ -624,10 +628,11 @@ class Connection(object):
 
     def reset(self):
         """Reset a connection so it can be used again."""
-        self.channel.close()
-        self.channel = self.connection.channel()
+        if self.channel is not None:
+            self.channel.close()
+            self.channel = self.connection.channel()
         self.consumers = []
-        self._setup_new_channel(self.channel)
+        self.consumer_num = itertools.count(1)
 
     def declare_consumer(self, consumer_cls, topic, callback):
         """Create a Consumer using the class that was passed in and
@@ -650,10 +655,21 @@ class Connection(object):
     def iterconsume(self, limit=None, timeout=None):
         """Return an iterator that will consume from all queues/consumers."""
 
+        if timeout is None:
+            deadline = None
+        else:
+            deadline = time.time() + timeout
+
+        def _raise_timeout_if_deadline_is_reached(exc):
+            if deadline is not None and deadline - time.time() < 0:
+                LOG.debug('Timed out waiting for RPC response: %s', exc)
+                raise rpc_common.Timeout()
+
         def _error_callback(exc):
+            self.do_consume = True
+            _raise_timeout_if_deadline_is_reached(exc)
             LOG.exception(_('Failed to consume message from queue: %s'),
                           exc)
-            self.do_consume = True
 
         def _consume(channel):
             if self.do_consume:
@@ -663,11 +679,11 @@ class Connection(object):
                     queue.consume(nowait=True)
                 queues_tail.consume(nowait=False)
                 self.do_consume = False
-            try:
-                return self.connection.drain_events(timeout=timeout)
-            except socket.timeout as exc:
-                LOG.debug('Timed out waiting for RPC response: %s', exc)
-                raise rpc_common.Timeout()
+            while True:
+                try:
+                    return self.connection.drain_events(timeout=1)
+                except socket.timeout as exc:
+                    _raise_timeout_if_deadline_is_reached(exc)
 
         for iteration in itertools.count(0):
             if limit and iteration >= limit:
diff --git a/tests/drivers/test_impl_rabbit.py b/tests/drivers/test_impl_rabbit.py
index fb3f90b9d..c15a3c956 100644
--- a/tests/drivers/test_impl_rabbit.py
+++ b/tests/drivers/test_impl_rabbit.py
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 import datetime
 import sys
 import threading
+import time
 import uuid
 
 import fixtures
@@ -47,6 +48,28 @@ class TestRabbitDriverLoad(test_utils.BaseTestCase):
         self.assertIsInstance(transport._driver, rabbit_driver.RabbitDriver)
 
 
+class TestRabbitIterconsume(test_utils.BaseTestCase):
+
+    def test_iterconsume_timeout(self):
+        transport = messaging.get_transport(self.conf, 'kombu+memory:////')
+        self.addCleanup(transport.cleanup)
+        deadline = time.time() + 3
+        with transport._driver._get_connection() as conn:
+            conn.iterconsume(timeout=3)
+            # kombu memory transport doesn't really raise error
+            # so just simulate a real driver behavior
+            conn.connection.connection.recoverable_channel_errors = (IOError,)
+            conn.declare_fanout_consumer("notif.info", lambda msg: True)
+            with mock.patch('kombu.connection.Connection.drain_events',
+                            side_effect=IOError):
+                try:
+                    conn.consume(timeout=3)
+                except driver_common.Timeout:
+                    pass
+
+        self.assertEqual(0, int(deadline - time.time()))
+
+
 class TestRabbitTransportURL(test_utils.BaseTestCase):
 
     scenarios = [