diff --git a/test/e2e/framework/util.go b/test/e2e/framework/util.go
index 050a813bf4f..4b1a7f224ce 100644
--- a/test/e2e/framework/util.go
+++ b/test/e2e/framework/util.go
@@ -5074,7 +5074,7 @@ func DumpDebugInfo(c clientset.Interface, ns string) {
 }
 
 func IsRetryableAPIError(err error) bool {
-	return apierrs.IsTimeout(err) || apierrs.IsServerTimeout(err) || apierrs.IsTooManyRequests(err) || apierrs.IsInternalError(err)
+	return apierrs.IsTimeout(err) || apierrs.IsServerTimeout(err) || apierrs.IsTooManyRequests(err)
 }
 
 // DsFromManifest reads a .json/yaml file and returns the daemonset in it.
diff --git a/test/integration/framework/perf_utils.go b/test/integration/framework/perf_utils.go
index e6d91e71498..2336b2a5a8a 100644
--- a/test/integration/framework/perf_utils.go
+++ b/test/integration/framework/perf_utils.go
@@ -73,7 +73,14 @@ func (p *IntegrationTestNodePreparer) PrepareNodes() error {
 		},
 	}
 	for i := 0; i < numNodes; i++ {
-		if _, err := p.client.CoreV1().Nodes().Create(baseNode); err != nil {
+		var err error
+		for retry := 0; retry < retries; retry++ {
+			_, err = p.client.CoreV1().Nodes().Create(baseNode)
+			if err == nil || !e2eframework.IsRetryableAPIError(err) {
+				break
+			}
+		}
+		if err != nil {
 			glog.Fatalf("Error creating node: %v", err)
 		}
 	}