diff --git a/cluster/log-dump/log-dump.sh b/cluster/log-dump/log-dump.sh
index 719ee31aba0..662001fa63d 100755
--- a/cluster/log-dump/log-dump.sh
+++ b/cluster/log-dump/log-dump.sh
@@ -294,7 +294,7 @@ function dump_nodes_with_logexporter() {
   local -r service_account_credentials="$(cat ${GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS} | base64 | tr -d '\n')"
   local -r cloud_provider="${KUBERNETES_PROVIDER}"
   local -r enable_hollow_node_logs="${ENABLE_HOLLOW_NODE_LOGS:-false}"
-  local -r logexport_sleep_seconds="$(( 90 + NUM_NODES / 5 ))"
+  local -r logexport_sleep_seconds="$(( 90 + NUM_NODES / 3 ))"
 
   # Fill in the parameters in the logexporter daemonset template.
   sed -i'' -e "s@{{.LogexporterNamespace}}@${logexporter_namespace}@g" "${KUBE_ROOT}/cluster/log-dump/logexporter-daemonset.yaml"
@@ -345,6 +345,7 @@ function dump_nodes_with_logexporter() {
   done
 
   # Delete the logexporter resources and dump logs for the failed nodes (if any) through SSH.
+  "${KUBECTL}" get pods --namespace "${logexporter_namespace}" || true
   "${KUBECTL}" delete namespace "${logexporter_namespace}" || true
   if [[ "${#failed_nodes[@]}" != 0 ]]; then
     echo -e "Dumping logs through SSH for the following nodes:\n${failed_nodes[@]}"