diff --git a/src/main/java/li/cil/oc2/common/bus/TileEntityDeviceBusController.java b/src/main/java/li/cil/oc2/common/bus/TileEntityDeviceBusController.java
index 2ae51cad..e6dfd8f2 100644
--- a/src/main/java/li/cil/oc2/common/bus/TileEntityDeviceBusController.java
+++ b/src/main/java/li/cil/oc2/common/bus/TileEntityDeviceBusController.java
@@ -18,12 +18,16 @@ import static java.util.Collections.emptySet;
 public abstract class TileEntityDeviceBusController implements DeviceBusController {
     public enum State {
         SCAN_PENDING,
+        INCOMPLETE,
         TOO_COMPLEX,
         MULTIPLE_CONTROLLERS,
         READY,
     }
 
     private static final int MAX_BUS_ELEMENT_COUNT = 128;
+    private static final int TICKS_PER_SECOND = 20;
+    private static final int INCOMPLETE_RETRY_INTERVAL = 10;
+    private static final int TOO_COMPLEX_RETRY_INTERVAL = 5;
 
     private final TileEntity tileEntity;
 
@@ -31,6 +35,7 @@ public abstract class TileEntityDeviceBusController implements DeviceBusControll
     private final HashSet<Device> devices = new HashSet<>();
     private final HashMap<Device, Set<UUID>> deviceIds = new HashMap<>();
 
+    private State state = State.SCAN_PENDING;
     private int scanDelay;
 
     protected TileEntityDeviceBusController(final TileEntity tileEntity) {
@@ -43,6 +48,10 @@ public abstract class TileEntityDeviceBusController implements DeviceBusControll
     protected void onDevicesValid() {
     }
 
+    public State getState() {
+        return state;
+    }
+
     @Override
     public void scheduleBusScan() {
         onDevicesInvalid();
@@ -56,6 +65,7 @@ public abstract class TileEntityDeviceBusController implements DeviceBusControll
         deviceIds.clear();
 
         scanDelay = 0; // scan as soon as possible
+        state = State.SCAN_PENDING;
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -86,20 +96,21 @@ public abstract class TileEntityDeviceBusController implements DeviceBusControll
         return deviceIds.getOrDefault(device, emptySet());
     }
 
-    public State scan() {
+    public void scan() {
         if (scanDelay < 0) {
-            return State.READY;
+            return;
         }
 
         if (scanDelay-- > 0) {
-            return State.SCAN_PENDING;
+            return;
         }
 
         assert scanDelay == -1;
 
         final World world = tileEntity.getWorld();
         if (world == null || world.isRemote()) {
-            return State.SCAN_PENDING;
+            scanDelay = 0;
+            return;
         }
 
         final Stack<ScanEdge> queue = new Stack<>();
@@ -125,9 +136,10 @@ public abstract class TileEntityDeviceBusController implements DeviceBusControll
             if (!world.chunkExists(chunkPos.x, chunkPos.z)) {
                 // If we have an unloaded chunk neighbor we cannot know whether our neighbor in that
                 // chunk would cause a scan once it is loaded, so we'll just retry every so often.
-                scanDelay = 20;
+                scanDelay = INCOMPLETE_RETRY_INTERVAL * TICKS_PER_SECOND;
+                state = State.INCOMPLETE;
                 elements.clear();
-                return State.SCAN_PENDING;
+                return;
             }
 
             final TileEntity tileEntity = world.getTileEntity(edge.position);
@@ -148,7 +160,9 @@ public abstract class TileEntityDeviceBusController implements DeviceBusControll
             if (capability.isPresent()) {
                 if (busPositions.add(edge.position) && busPositions.size() > MAX_BUS_ELEMENT_COUNT) {
                     elements.clear();
-                    return State.TOO_COMPLEX; // This return is the reason this is not in the ifPresent below.
+                    scanDelay = TOO_COMPLEX_RETRY_INTERVAL * TICKS_PER_SECOND;
+                    state = State.TOO_COMPLEX;
+                    return; // This return is the reason this is not in the ifPresent below.
                 }
             }
 
@@ -180,12 +194,13 @@ public abstract class TileEntityDeviceBusController implements DeviceBusControll
         }
 
         if (hasMultipleControllers) {
-            return State.MULTIPLE_CONTROLLERS;
+            state = State.MULTIPLE_CONTROLLERS;
+            return;
         }
 
         scanDevices();
 
-        return State.READY;
+        state = State.READY;
     }
 
     private static final class ScanEdge {
diff --git a/src/main/java/li/cil/oc2/common/tile/ComputerTileEntity.java b/src/main/java/li/cil/oc2/common/tile/ComputerTileEntity.java
index 9cac2db0..e1c3529c 100644
--- a/src/main/java/li/cil/oc2/common/tile/ComputerTileEntity.java
+++ b/src/main/java/li/cil/oc2/common/tile/ComputerTileEntity.java
@@ -138,7 +138,8 @@ public final class ComputerTileEntity extends AbstractTileEntity implements ITic
             return;
         }
 
-        busState = busController.scan();
+        busController.scan();
+        setBusState(busController.getState());
         if (busState != TileEntityDeviceBusController.State.READY) {
             return;
         }
diff --git a/src/test/java/li/cil/oc2/bus/DeviceBusTests.java b/src/test/java/li/cil/oc2/bus/DeviceBusTests.java
index aa5d67d8..3f748ca1 100644
--- a/src/test/java/li/cil/oc2/bus/DeviceBusTests.java
+++ b/src/test/java/li/cil/oc2/bus/DeviceBusTests.java
@@ -64,13 +64,15 @@ public class DeviceBusTests {
 
     @Test
     public void scanPendingWhenTileEntityNotLoaded() {
-        assertEquals(TileEntityDeviceBusController.State.SCAN_PENDING, busController.scan());
+        busController.scan();
+        assertEquals(TileEntityDeviceBusController.State.INCOMPLETE, busController.getState());
     }
 
     @Test
     public void scanCompletesWhenNoNeighbors() {
         when(world.chunkExists(anyInt(), anyInt())).thenReturn(true);
-        assertEquals(TileEntityDeviceBusController.State.READY, busController.scan());
+        busController.scan();
+        assertEquals(TileEntityDeviceBusController.State.READY, busController.getState());
     }
 
     @Test
@@ -80,7 +82,8 @@ public class DeviceBusTests {
         final RPCDevice device = mock(RPCDevice.class);
         when(busControllerBusElement.getLocalDevices()).thenReturn(singletonList(device));
 
-        assertEquals(TileEntityDeviceBusController.State.READY, busController.scan());
+        busController.scan();
+        assertEquals(TileEntityDeviceBusController.State.READY, busController.getState());
 
         verify(busControllerBusElement).addController(busController);
         assertTrue(busController.getDevices().contains(device));
@@ -93,7 +96,8 @@ public class DeviceBusTests {
         final DeviceBusElement busElement1 = mockBusElement(CONTROLLER_POS.west());
         final DeviceBusElement busElement2 = mockBusElement(CONTROLLER_POS.west().west());
 
-        assertEquals(TileEntityDeviceBusController.State.READY, busController.scan());
+        busController.scan();
+        assertEquals(TileEntityDeviceBusController.State.READY, busController.getState());
 
         verify(busElement1).addController(busController);
         verify(busElement2).addController(busController);