diff --git a/docs/versionhistory.rst b/docs/versionhistory.rst
index be84fb781..2f9b724da 100644
--- a/docs/versionhistory.rst
+++ b/docs/versionhistory.rst
@@ -9,6 +9,10 @@ This library adheres to `Semantic Versioning 2.0 <http://semver.org/>`_.
   across backends (asyncio returned immediately; Trio raised ``ValueError``) by
   raising ``ValueError`` on all backends
   (`#1306 <https://github.com/agronholm/anyio/issues/1306>`_; PR by @BetterAndBetterII)
+- Fixed ``create_tcp_listener()`` occasionally failing with a message like
+  ``Could not create 2 listeners with a consistent port`` when an ephemeral port is
+  requested and IPv6 is enabled and the dual-stack path is not available or a specific
+  local host name was given
 
 **4.15.1**
 
diff --git a/src/anyio/_core/_sockets.py b/src/anyio/_core/_sockets.py
index 14ee6e41e..df670360b 100644
--- a/src/anyio/_core/_sockets.py
+++ b/src/anyio/_core/_sockets.py
@@ -393,7 +393,7 @@ def setup_raw_socket(
 
     errors: list[OSError] = []
     try:
-        for _ in range(len(sockaddrs)):
+        for _ in range(10):  # enough to absorb ephemeral port collisions
             listeners: list[SocketListener] = []
             bound_ephemeral_port = local_port
             try: