diff --git a/test/e2e_node/device_plugin.go b/test/e2e_node/device_plugin.go
index 3f03a851a44..2f928acb63b 100644
--- a/test/e2e_node/device_plugin.go
+++ b/test/e2e_node/device_plugin.go
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ func ensurePodContainerRestart(f *framework.Framework, podName string, contName
 		currentCount = p.Status.ContainerStatuses[0].RestartCount
 		framework.Logf("initial %v, current %v", initialCount, currentCount)
 		return currentCount > initialCount
-	}, 2*time.Minute, framework.Poll).Should(BeTrue())
+	}, 5*time.Minute, framework.Poll).Should(BeTrue())
 }
 
 // parseLog returns the matching string for the specified regular expression parsed from the container logs.
diff --git a/test/e2e_node/gpu_device_plugin.go b/test/e2e_node/gpu_device_plugin.go
index d9ee9f52728..34fca3b1fab 100644
--- a/test/e2e_node/gpu_device_plugin.go
+++ b/test/e2e_node/gpu_device_plugin.go
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ var _ = framework.KubeDescribe("NVIDIA GPU Device Plugin [Feature:GPUDevicePlugi
 			By("Waiting for GPUs to become available on the local node")
 			Eventually(func() bool {
 				return framework.NumberOfNVIDIAGPUs(getLocalNode(f)) > 0
-			}, 10*time.Second, framework.Poll).Should(BeTrue())
+			}, 5*time.Minute, framework.Poll).Should(BeTrue())
 
 			if framework.NumberOfNVIDIAGPUs(getLocalNode(f)) < 2 {
 				Skip("Not enough GPUs to execute this test (at least two needed)")
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ var _ = framework.KubeDescribe("NVIDIA GPU Device Plugin [Feature:GPUDevicePlugi
 			framework.WaitForAllNodesSchedulable(f.ClientSet, framework.TestContext.NodeSchedulableTimeout)
 			Eventually(func() bool {
 				return framework.NumberOfNVIDIAGPUs(getLocalNode(f)) > 0
-			}, 10*time.Second, framework.Poll).Should(BeTrue())
+			}, 5*time.Minute, framework.Poll).Should(BeTrue())
 			p2 := f.PodClient().CreateSync(makeBusyboxPod(framework.NVIDIAGPUResourceName, podRECMD))
 
 			By("Checking that pods got a different GPU")