diff --git a/tests/metrics/machine_learning/tensorflow_mobilenet_v1_bfloat16_fp32.sh b/tests/metrics/machine_learning/tensorflow_mobilenet_v1_bfloat16_fp32.sh
index aaacc86a4d..e451216fa6 100755
--- a/tests/metrics/machine_learning/tensorflow_mobilenet_v1_bfloat16_fp32.sh
+++ b/tests/metrics/machine_learning/tensorflow_mobilenet_v1_bfloat16_fp32.sh
@@ -145,17 +145,7 @@ function main() {
 	check_containers_are_up "${NUM_CONTAINERS}"
 
 	# Check that the requested number of containers are running
-	local timeout_launch="10"
-	check_containers_are_up "${NUM_CONTAINERS}" & pid=$!
-	(sleep "${timeout_launch}" && kill -HUP "${pid}") 2>/dev/null & pid_tout=$!
-
-	if wait "${pid}" 2>/dev/null; then
-		pkill -HUP -P "${pid_tout}"
-		wait "${pid_tout}"
-	else
-		warn "Time out exceeded"
-		return 1
-	fi
+	check_containers_are_running "${NUM_CONTAINERS}"
 
 	# Get the initial number of pids in a single container before the workload starts
 	INITIAL_NUM_PIDS=$(sudo -E "${CTR_EXE}" t metrics "${containers[-1]}" | grep pids.current | grep pids.current | xargs | cut -d ' ' -f 2)