diff --git a/test/e2e/volume_provisioning.go b/test/e2e/volume_provisioning.go
index 53fdb2beb98..bdad5eeb6a9 100644
--- a/test/e2e/volume_provisioning.go
+++ b/test/e2e/volume_provisioning.go
@@ -110,16 +110,16 @@ var _ = framework.KubeDescribe("Dynamic provisioning", func() {
 			// 10 minutes here. There is no way how to see if kubelet is
 			// finished with cleaning volumes. A small sleep here actually
 			// speeds up the test!
-			// One minute should be enough to clean up the pods properly.
-			// Detaching e.g. a Cinder volume takes some time.
+			// Three minutes should be enough to clean up the pods properly.
+			// We've seen GCE PD detach to take more than 1 minute.
 			By("Sleeping to let kubelet destroy all pods")
-			time.Sleep(time.Minute)
+			time.Sleep(3 * time.Minute)
 
 			By("deleting the claim")
 			framework.ExpectNoError(c.PersistentVolumeClaims(ns).Delete(claim.Name))
 
 			// Wait for the PV to get deleted too.
-			framework.ExpectNoError(framework.WaitForPersistentVolumeDeleted(c, pv.Name, 1*time.Second, 10*time.Minute))
+			framework.ExpectNoError(framework.WaitForPersistentVolumeDeleted(c, pv.Name, 5*time.Second, 20*time.Minute))
 		})
 	})
 })