diff --git a/test/e2e/cloud/gcp/resize_nodes.go b/test/e2e/cloud/gcp/resize_nodes.go
index f69c9f649c6..d86b7161dfb 100644
--- a/test/e2e/cloud/gcp/resize_nodes.go
+++ b/test/e2e/cloud/gcp/resize_nodes.go
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ var _ = SIGDescribe("Nodes [Disruptive]", func() {
 
 			ginkgo.By("waiting 2 minutes for the watch in the podGC to catch up, remove any pods scheduled on " +
 				"the now non-existent node and the RC to recreate it")
-			time.Sleep(2 * time.Minute)
+			time.Sleep(framework.NewTimeoutContextWithDefaults().PodStartShort)
 
 			ginkgo.By("verifying whether the pods from the removed node are recreated")
 			err = e2epod.VerifyPods(c, ns, name, true, originalNodeCount)