diff --git a/test/e2e/common/pods.go b/test/e2e/common/pods.go
index 0967c1b2434..e4d61f89bab 100644
--- a/test/e2e/common/pods.go
+++ b/test/e2e/common/pods.go
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ const (
 	maxBackOffTolerance  = time.Duration(1.3 * float64(kubelet.MaxContainerBackOff))
 	podRetryPeriod       = 1 * time.Second
 	podRetryTimeout      = 1 * time.Minute
-	podReadyTimeout      = 1 * time.Minute
+	podReadyTimeout      = 2 * time.Minute
 )
 
 // testHostIP tests that a pod gets a host IP