diff --git a/test/e2e/apps/deployment.go b/test/e2e/apps/deployment.go
index 95e7aea7db6..21f2694b01c 100644
--- a/test/e2e/apps/deployment.go
+++ b/test/e2e/apps/deployment.go
@@ -160,6 +160,7 @@ var _ = SIGDescribe("Deployment", func() {
 	})
 	ginkgo.It("should not disrupt a cloud load-balancer's connectivity during rollout", func() {
 		e2eskipper.SkipUnlessProviderIs("aws", "azure", "gce", "gke")
+		e2eskipper.SkipIfIPv6("aws")
 		nodes, err := e2enode.GetReadySchedulableNodes(c)
 		framework.ExpectNoError(err)
 		e2eskipper.SkipUnlessAtLeast(len(nodes.Items), 3, "load-balancer test requires at least 3 schedulable nodes")
diff --git a/test/e2e/framework/skipper/skipper.go b/test/e2e/framework/skipper/skipper.go
index 8e4d9a879e8..889bdd85383 100644
--- a/test/e2e/framework/skipper/skipper.go
+++ b/test/e2e/framework/skipper/skipper.go
@@ -313,3 +313,10 @@ func SkipUnlessComponentRunsAsPodsAndClientCanDeleteThem(componentName string, c
 		skipInternalf(1, "Skipped because client failed to delete component:%s pod, err:%v", componentName, err)
 	}
 }
+
+// SkipIfIPv6 skips if the cluster IP family is IPv6 and the provider is included in the unsupportedProviders.
+func SkipIfIPv6(unsupportedProviders ...string) {
+	if framework.TestContext.ClusterIsIPv6() && framework.ProviderIs(unsupportedProviders...) {
+		skipInternalf(1, "Not supported for IPv6 clusters and providers %v (found %s)", unsupportedProviders, framework.TestContext.Provider)
+	}
+}