diff --git a/test/e2e/windows/host_process.go b/test/e2e/windows/host_process.go
index 33fbb7224df..0764cfea6b8 100644
--- a/test/e2e/windows/host_process.go
+++ b/test/e2e/windows/host_process.go
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@ import (
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/fields"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/uuid"
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/wait"
+	clientset "k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/test/e2e/framework"
 	e2ekubelet "k8s.io/kubernetes/test/e2e/framework/kubelet"
 	e2emetrics "k8s.io/kubernetes/test/e2e/framework/metrics"
@@ -658,39 +660,11 @@ var _ = SIGDescribe("[Feature:WindowsHostProcessContainers] [MinimumKubeletVersi
 		e2epod.WaitForPodsRunningReady(ctx, f.ClientSet, f.Namespace.Name, 1, 0, timeout)
 
 		ginkgo.By("Getting container stats for pod")
-		nodeStats, err := e2ekubelet.GetStatsSummary(ctx, f.ClientSet, targetNode.Name)
-		framework.ExpectNoError(err, "Error getting node stats")
-
 		statsChecked := false
-		for _, podStats := range nodeStats.Pods {
 
-			if podStats.PodRef.Namespace != f.Namespace.Name {
-				continue
-			}
-
-			// check various pod stats
-			if *podStats.CPU.UsageCoreNanoSeconds <= 0 {
-				framework.Failf("Pod %s/%s stats report cpu usage equal to %v but should be greater than 0", podStats.PodRef.Namespace, podStats.PodRef.Name, *podStats.CPU.UsageCoreNanoSeconds)
-			}
-			if *podStats.Memory.WorkingSetBytes <= 0 {
-				framework.Failf("Pod %s/%s stats report memory usage equal to %v but should be greater than 0", podStats.PodRef.Namespace, podStats.PodRef.Name, *podStats.CPU.UsageCoreNanoSeconds)
-			}
-
-			for _, containerStats := range podStats.Containers {
-				statsChecked = true
-
-				// check various container stats
-				if *containerStats.CPU.UsageCoreNanoSeconds <= 0 {
-					framework.Failf("Container %s stats report cpu usage equal to %v but should be greater than 0", containerStats.Name, *containerStats.CPU.UsageCoreNanoSeconds)
-				}
-				if *containerStats.Memory.WorkingSetBytes <= 0 {
-					framework.Failf("Container %s stats report memory usage equal to %v but should be greater than 0", containerStats.Name, *containerStats.Memory.WorkingSetBytes)
-				}
-				if *containerStats.Logs.UsedBytes <= 0 {
-					framework.Failf("Container %s stats log usage equal to %v but should be greater than 0", containerStats.Name, *containerStats.Logs.UsedBytes)
-				}
-			}
-		}
+		wait.Poll(2*time.Second, timeout, func() (bool, error) {
+			return ensurePodsStatsOnNode(ctx, f.ClientSet, f.Namespace.Name, targetNode.Name, &statsChecked)
+		})
 
 		if !statsChecked {
 			framework.Failf("Failed to get stats for pod %s/%s", f.Namespace.Name, podName)
@@ -1003,6 +977,47 @@ type HostProcessContainersMetrics struct {
 	StartedInitContainersErrorCount int64
 }
 
+// ensurePodsStatsOnNode returns a boolean after checking Pods statistics on a particular node
+func ensurePodsStatsOnNode(ctx context.Context, c clientset.Interface, namespace, nodeName string, statsChecked *bool) (bool, error) {
+	nodeStats, err := e2ekubelet.GetStatsSummary(ctx, c, nodeName)
+	framework.ExpectNoError(err, "Error getting node stats")
+
+	for _, podStats := range nodeStats.Pods {
+		if podStats.PodRef.Namespace != namespace {
+			continue
+		}
+
+		// check various pod stats
+		if *podStats.CPU.UsageCoreNanoSeconds <= 0 {
+			framework.Logf("Pod %s/%s stats report cpu usage equal to %v but should be greater than 0", podStats.PodRef.Namespace, podStats.PodRef.Name, *podStats.CPU.UsageCoreNanoSeconds)
+			return false, nil
+		}
+		if *podStats.Memory.WorkingSetBytes <= 0 {
+			framework.Logf("Pod %s/%s stats report memory usage equal to %v but should be greater than 0", podStats.PodRef.Namespace, podStats.PodRef.Name, *podStats.CPU.UsageCoreNanoSeconds)
+			return false, nil
+		}
+
+		for _, containerStats := range podStats.Containers {
+			*statsChecked = true
+
+			// check various container stats
+			if *containerStats.CPU.UsageCoreNanoSeconds <= 0 {
+				framework.Logf("Container %s stats report cpu usage equal to %v but should be greater than 0", containerStats.Name, *containerStats.CPU.UsageCoreNanoSeconds)
+				return false, nil
+			}
+			if *containerStats.Memory.WorkingSetBytes <= 0 {
+				framework.Logf("Container %s stats report memory usage equal to %v but should be greater than 0", containerStats.Name, *containerStats.Memory.WorkingSetBytes)
+				return false, nil
+			}
+			if *containerStats.Logs.UsedBytes <= 0 {
+				framework.Logf("Container %s stats log usage equal to %v but should be greater than 0", containerStats.Name, *containerStats.Logs.UsedBytes)
+				return false, nil
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	return true, nil
+}
+
 // getCurrentHostProcessMetrics returns a HostPRocessContainersMetrics object. Any metrics that do not have any
 // values reported will be set to 0.
 func getCurrentHostProcessMetrics(ctx context.Context, f *framework.Framework, nodeName string) (HostProcessContainersMetrics, error) {