diff --git a/cluster/gce/gci/health-monitor.sh b/cluster/gce/gci/health-monitor.sh
index c66d4173317..00510b4d8de 100644
--- a/cluster/gce/gci/health-monitor.sh
+++ b/cluster/gce/gci/health-monitor.sh
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ function docker_monitoring {
       echo "Docker daemon failed!"
       pkill docker
       # Wait for a while, as we don't want to kill it again before it is really up.
-      sleep 30
+      sleep 120
     else
       sleep "${SLEEP_SECONDS}"
     fi