diff --git a/test/e2e/dra/test-driver/app/gomega.go b/test/e2e/dra/test-driver/app/gomega.go
index 4caa7805041..7bb70984652 100644
--- a/test/e2e/dra/test-driver/app/gomega.go
+++ b/test/e2e/dra/test-driver/app/gomega.go
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ limitations under the License.
 package app
 
 import (
+	"strings"
+
 	"github.com/onsi/gomega/gcustom"
 )
 
@@ -30,3 +32,13 @@ var BeRegistered = gcustom.MakeMatcher(func(actualCalls []GRPCCall) (bool, error
 	}
 	return false, nil
 }).WithMessage("contain successful NotifyRegistrationStatus call")
+
+// NodePrepareResouceCalled checks that NodePrepareResource API has been called
+var NodePrepareResourceCalled = gcustom.MakeMatcher(func(actualCalls []GRPCCall) (bool, error) {
+	for _, call := range actualCalls {
+		if strings.HasSuffix(call.FullMethod, "/NodePrepareResource") && call.Err == nil {
+			return true, nil
+		}
+	}
+	return false, nil
+}).WithMessage("contain NodePrepareResource call")
diff --git a/test/e2e/dra/test-driver/app/kubeletplugin.go b/test/e2e/dra/test-driver/app/kubeletplugin.go
index f899e8da404..a53de6b2116 100644
--- a/test/e2e/dra/test-driver/app/kubeletplugin.go
+++ b/test/e2e/dra/test-driver/app/kubeletplugin.go
@@ -43,6 +43,8 @@ type ExamplePlugin struct {
 	mutex     sync.Mutex
 	prepared  map[ClaimID]bool
 	gRPCCalls []GRPCCall
+
+	block bool
 }
 
 type GRPCCall struct {
@@ -135,6 +137,12 @@ func (ex *ExamplePlugin) IsRegistered() bool {
 	return status.PluginRegistered
 }
 
+// Block sets a flag to block Node[Un]PrepareResources
+// to emulate time consuming or stuck calls
+func (ex *ExamplePlugin) Block() {
+	ex.block = true
+}
+
 // NodePrepareResource ensures that the CDI file for the claim exists. It uses
 // a deterministic name to simplify NodeUnprepareResource (no need to remember
 // or discover the name) and idempotency (when called again, the file simply
@@ -142,6 +150,13 @@ func (ex *ExamplePlugin) IsRegistered() bool {
 func (ex *ExamplePlugin) NodePrepareResource(ctx context.Context, req *drapbv1.NodePrepareResourceRequest) (*drapbv1.NodePrepareResourceResponse, error) {
 	logger := klog.FromContext(ctx)
 
+	// Block to emulate plugin stuckness or slowness.
+	// By default the call will not be blocked as ex.block = false.
+	if ex.block {
+		<-ctx.Done()
+		return nil, ctx.Err()
+	}
+
 	// Determine environment variables.
 	var p parameters
 	if err := json.Unmarshal([]byte(req.ResourceHandle), &p); err != nil {
@@ -202,6 +217,13 @@ func (ex *ExamplePlugin) NodePrepareResource(ctx context.Context, req *drapbv1.N
 func (ex *ExamplePlugin) NodeUnprepareResource(ctx context.Context, req *drapbv1.NodeUnprepareResourceRequest) (*drapbv1.NodeUnprepareResourceResponse, error) {
 	logger := klog.FromContext(ctx)
 
+	// Block to emulate plugin stuckness or slowness.
+	// By default the call will not be blocked as ex.block = false.
+	if ex.block {
+		<-ctx.Done()
+		return nil, ctx.Err()
+	}
+
 	filePath := ex.getJSONFilePath(req.ClaimUid)
 	if err := ex.fileOps.Remove(filePath); err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("error removing CDI file: %w", err)
diff --git a/test/e2e_node/dra_test.go b/test/e2e_node/dra_test.go
index 2b283614fbe..b4ea0ef0b81 100644
--- a/test/e2e_node/dra_test.go
+++ b/test/e2e_node/dra_test.go
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ import (
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes"
 	"k8s.io/klog/v2"
+	dra "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/cm/dra/plugin"
 	admissionapi "k8s.io/pod-security-admission/api"
 
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/test/e2e/framework"
@@ -55,6 +56,7 @@ const (
 	pluginRegistrationPath    = "/var/lib/kubelet/plugins_registry"
 	draAddress                = "/var/lib/kubelet/plugins/test-driver/dra.sock"
 	pluginRegistrationTimeout = time.Second * 60 // how long to wait for a node plugin to be registered
+	podInPendingStateTimeout  = time.Second * 60 // how long to wait for a pod to stay in pending state
 )
 
 var _ = ginkgo.Describe("[sig-node] DRA [Feature:DynamicResourceAllocation][NodeFeature:DynamicResourceAllocation]", func() {
@@ -106,6 +108,27 @@ var _ = ginkgo.Describe("[sig-node] DRA [Feature:DynamicResourceAllocation][Node
 			err = e2epod.WaitForPodSuccessInNamespaceTimeout(ctx, f.ClientSet, pod.Name, f.Namespace.Name, framework.PodStartShortTimeout)
 			framework.ExpectNoError(err)
 		})
+
+		ginkgo.It("must keep pod in pending state if NodePrepareResource times out", func(ctx context.Context) {
+			ginkgo.By("set delay for the NodePrepareResource call")
+			kubeletPlugin.Block()
+			pod := createTestObjects(ctx, f.ClientSet, getNodeName(ctx, f), f.Namespace.Name, "draclass", "external-claim", "drapod")
+
+			ginkgo.By("wait for pod to be in Pending state")
+			err := e2epod.WaitForPodCondition(ctx, f.ClientSet, f.Namespace.Name, pod.Name, "Pending", framework.PodStartShortTimeout, func(pod *v1.Pod) (bool, error) {
+				return pod.Status.Phase == v1.PodPending, nil
+			})
+			framework.ExpectNoError(err)
+
+			ginkgo.By("wait for NodePrepareResource call")
+			gomega.Eventually(kubeletPlugin.GetGRPCCalls).WithTimeout(dra.PluginClientTimeout * 2).Should(testdriver.NodePrepareResourceCalled)
+
+			// TODO: Check condition or event when implemented
+			// see https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/issues/118468 for details
+			ginkgo.By("check that pod is consistently in Pending state")
+			gomega.Consistently(ctx, e2epod.Get(f.ClientSet, pod)).WithTimeout(podInPendingStateTimeout).Should(e2epod.BeInPhase(v1.PodPending),
+				"Pod should be in Pending state as resource preparation time outed")
+		})
 	})
 })
 
@@ -177,7 +200,8 @@ func createTestObjects(ctx context.Context, clientSet kubernetes.Interface, node
 	containerName := "testcontainer"
 	pod := &v1.Pod{
 		ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
-			Name: podName,
+			Name:      podName,
+			Namespace: namespace,
 		},
 		Spec: v1.PodSpec{
 			NodeName: nodename, // Assign the node as the scheduler is not running