diff --git a/test/e2e_node/e2e_node_suite_test.go b/test/e2e_node/e2e_node_suite_test.go
index 77163b29fe5..3cacbe1f54f 100644
--- a/test/e2e_node/e2e_node_suite_test.go
+++ b/test/e2e_node/e2e_node_suite_test.go
@@ -130,6 +130,12 @@ func TestMain(m *testing.M) {
 		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "ERROR: initialize feature gates: %v", err)
 		os.Exit(1)
 	}
+
+	if err := services.SetFeatureGatesForInProcessComponents(featureGates); err != nil {
+		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "ERROR: initialize process feature gates: %v", err)
+		os.Exit(1)
+	}
+
 	setExtraEnvs()
 	os.Exit(m.Run())
 }
diff --git a/test/e2e_node/services/internal_services.go b/test/e2e_node/services/internal_services.go
index c9d80058b9f..06e50ec9b2f 100644
--- a/test/e2e_node/services/internal_services.go
+++ b/test/e2e_node/services/internal_services.go
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import (
 
 	etcd3testing "k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/storage/etcd3/testing"
 	"k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/storage/storagebackend"
+	utilfeature "k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/util/feature"
 	"k8s.io/klog/v2/ktesting"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/test/e2e/framework"
 
@@ -139,3 +140,7 @@ func getServicesHealthCheckURLs() []string {
 		getAPIServerHealthCheckURL(),
 	}
 }
+
+func SetFeatureGatesForInProcessComponents(featureGates map[string]bool) error {
+	return utilfeature.DefaultMutableFeatureGate.SetFromMap(featureGates)
+}