diff --git a/test/e2e/common/pods.go b/test/e2e/common/pods.go
index 2350f52320d..64f685e6df3 100644
--- a/test/e2e/common/pods.go
+++ b/test/e2e/common/pods.go
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ const (
 	maxBackOffTolerance  = time.Duration(1.3 * float64(kubelet.MaxContainerBackOff))
 	podRetryPeriod       = 1 * time.Second
 	podRetryTimeout      = 1 * time.Minute
+	podReadyTimeout      = 1 * time.Minute
 )
 
 // testHostIP tests that a pod gets a host IP
@@ -922,7 +923,7 @@ var _ = framework.KubeDescribe("Pods", func() {
 		framework.ExpectNoError(err, "failed to create Pod %v in namespace %v", testPod.ObjectMeta.Name, testNamespaceName)
 
 		ginkgo.By("watching for Pod to be ready")
-		ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), 1*time.Minute)
+		ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), podReadyTimeout)
 		defer cancel()
 		_, err = watchtools.Until(ctx, podsList.ResourceVersion, w, func(event watch.Event) (bool, error) {
 			if pod, ok := event.Object.(*v1.Pod); ok {