diff -Naur AnyEvent-MP/MP/Kernel.pm AnyEvent-MP.patched/MP/Kernel.pm
--- AnyEvent-MP/MP/Kernel.pm	2012-10-02 13:58:07.000000000 +0000
+++ AnyEvent-MP.patched/MP/Kernel.pm	2014-05-27 08:06:54.000000000 +0000
@@ -464,7 +464,7 @@
 our %NODE_SEED;    # map node ID to seed ID
 our %SEED_CONNECT; # $seed => transport_connector | 1=connected | 2=connecting
 our $SEED_WATCHER;
-our $SEED_RETRY;
+our $SEED_RETRY = (1 + rand) * 0.6;
 our %GLOBAL_NODE;  # global => undef
 
 sub seed_connect {