diff --git a/src/plugins/plugin_misc_groupblog.py b/src/plugins/plugin_misc_groupblog.py
index 805d18ed..5907d4ad 100755
--- a/src/plugins/plugin_misc_groupblog.py
+++ b/src/plugins/plugin_misc_groupblog.py
@@ -125,12 +125,19 @@ class GroupBlog():
             debug(_('Looking for item-access power pubsub server'))
             #we don't have any pubsub server featuring item access yet
             client.item_access_pubsub = None
+            client._item_access_pubsub_pending = defer.Deferred()
             for entity in self.host.memory.getServerServiceEntities("pubsub", "service", profile):
                 _disco = yield client.disco.requestInfo(entity)
                 #if set([NS_PUBSUB_ITEM_ACCESS, NS_PUBSUB_AUTO_CREATE, NS_PUBSUB_CREATOR_JID_CHECK]).issubset(_disco.features):
                 if set([NS_PUBSUB_AUTO_CREATE, NS_PUBSUB_CREATOR_JID_CHECK]).issubset(_disco.features):
                     info(_("item-access powered pubsub service found: [%s]") % entity.full())
                     client.item_access_pubsub = entity
+            client._item_access_pubsub_pending.callback(None)
+        
+        if hasattr(client,"_item_access_pubsub_pending"):
+            #XXX: we need to wait for item access pubsub service check
+            ignore = yield client._item_access_pubsub_pending
+            del client._item_access_pubsub_pending
 
         if not client.item_access_pubsub:
             error(_("No item-access powered pubsub server found, can't use group blog"))