diff --git a/test/e2e/kubelet_perf.go b/test/e2e/kubelet_perf.go
index c3dc73e4bb9..5fca65b7068 100644
--- a/test/e2e/kubelet_perf.go
+++ b/test/e2e/kubelet_perf.go
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ func verifyMemoryLimits(expected resourceUsagePerContainer, actual resourceUsage
 		}
 	}
 	if len(errList) > 0 {
-		Failf("CPU usage exceeding limits:\n %s", strings.Join(errList, "\n"))
+		Failf("Memory usage exceeding limits:\n %s", strings.Join(errList, "\n"))
 	}
 }
 
@@ -204,7 +204,8 @@ var _ = Describe("Kubelet [Serial] [Slow]", func() {
 		// deliberately set higher resource usage limits to account for the
 		// noise.
 		rTests := []resourceTest{
-			{podsPerNode: 0,
+			{
+				podsPerNode: 0,
 				cpuLimits: containersCPUSummary{
 					"/kubelet":       {0.50: 0.06, 0.95: 0.08},
 					"/docker-daemon": {0.50: 0.05, 0.95: 0.06},
@@ -216,9 +217,8 @@ var _ = Describe("Kubelet [Serial] [Slow]", func() {
 					"/docker-daemon": &containerResourceUsage{MemoryRSSInBytes: 85 * 1024 * 1024},
 				},
 			},
-			// TODO(yujuhong): change this test to ~100 pods per node after
-			// --max-pods have been changed.
-			{podsPerNode: 35,
+			{
+				podsPerNode: 35,
 				cpuLimits: containersCPUSummary{
 					"/kubelet":       {0.50: 0.12, 0.95: 0.14},
 					"/docker-daemon": {0.50: 0.06, 0.95: 0.08},
@@ -230,6 +230,10 @@ var _ = Describe("Kubelet [Serial] [Slow]", func() {
 					"/docker-daemon": &containerResourceUsage{MemoryRSSInBytes: 100 * 1024 * 1024},
 				},
 			},
+			{
+				// TODO(yujuhong): Set the limits after collecting enough data.
+				podsPerNode: 100,
+			},
 		}
 		for _, testArg := range rTests {
 			itArg := testArg