diff --git a/kasa/protocols/smartcamprotocol.py b/kasa/protocols/smartcamprotocol.py
@@ -49,6 +49,8 @@ class SingleRequest:
 class SmartCamProtocol(SmartProtocol):
     """Class for SmartCam Protocol."""
 
+    REQUIRES_MULTIREQUESTS = True
+
     def _get_list_request(
         self, method: str, params: dict | None, start_index: int
     ) -> dict:

diff --git a/kasa/protocols/smartprotocol.py b/kasa/protocols/smartprotocol.py
@@ -103,6 +103,8 @@ class SmartProtocol(BaseProtocol):
 
     BACKOFF_SECONDS_AFTER_TIMEOUT = 1
     DEFAULT_MULTI_REQUEST_BATCH_SIZE = 5
+    # True if the device rejects single requests, so batching is never disabled.
+    REQUIRES_MULTIREQUESTS = False
 
     def __init__(
         self,
@@ -248,6 +250,8 @@ async def _execute_multiple_query(
             try:
                 response_step = await self._transport.send(smart_request)
             except TimeoutError as ex:
+                if self.REQUIRES_MULTIREQUESTS:
+                    raise
                 # P300 does not respond to some batched requests (e.g. both child
                 # list requests together) so disable batching. Batch size is never
                 # 1 here as that case sends single requests above.
@@ -278,6 +282,7 @@ async def _execute_multiple_query(
                         SmartErrorCode.INTERNAL_UNKNOWN_ERROR,
                     }
                     and self._multi_request_batch_size != 1
+                    and not self.REQUIRES_MULTIREQUESTS
                 ):
                     self._multi_request_batch_size = 1
                     raise _RetryableError(

diff --git a/tests/protocols/test_smartprotocol.py b/tests/protocols/test_smartprotocol.py
@@ -333,6 +333,39 @@ async def _send(request: str) -> dict:
     assert send_mock.call_count == 3
 
 
+async def test_smartcam_multiple_request_timeout_keeps_batching(
+    dummy_protocol: SmartProtocol, mocker: MockerFixture
+) -> None:
+    """Test that a timeout does not disable batching for smartcam devices."""
+    protocol = SmartCamProtocol(transport=dummy_protocol._transport)
+    requests = {f"get_method_{i}": {"foo": "bar"} for i in range(3)}
+    batch_response = {
+        "result": {
+            "responses": [
+                {"method": method, "result": {"great": "success"}, "error_code": 0}
+                for method in requests
+            ]
+        },
+        "error_code": 0,
+    }
+
+    send_mock = mocker.patch.object(
+        protocol._transport,
+        "send",
+        side_effect=[TimeoutError("Simulated timeout"), batch_response],
+    )
+    mocker.patch("asyncio.sleep")
+    batch_size = protocol._multi_request_batch_size
+    assert batch_size > 1
+    resp = await protocol.query(requests, retry_count=1)
+    assert resp == {method: {"great": "success"} for method in requests}
+    assert protocol._multi_request_batch_size == batch_size
+    # The timed out batch + the retried batch, no single requests
+    assert send_mock.call_count == 2
+    for call in send_mock.call_args_list:
+        assert json.loads(call.args[0])["method"] == "multipleRequest"
+
+
 async def test_childdevicewrapper_unwrapping(
     dummy_protocol: SmartProtocol, mocker: MockerFixture
 ) -> None: