diff --git a/test/e2e/framework/pod/pod_client.go b/test/e2e/framework/pod/pod_client.go
index 6c688c8449b..3494ef5a8c5 100644
--- a/test/e2e/framework/pod/pod_client.go
+++ b/test/e2e/framework/pod/pod_client.go
@@ -308,8 +308,13 @@ func (c *PodClient) WaitForFinish(ctx context.Context, name string, timeout time
 
 // WaitForErrorEventOrSuccess waits for pod to succeed or an error event for that pod.
 func (c *PodClient) WaitForErrorEventOrSuccess(ctx context.Context, pod *v1.Pod) (*v1.Event, error) {
+	return c.WaitForErrorEventOrSuccessWithTimeout(ctx, pod, framework.PodStartTimeout)
+}
+
+// WaitForErrorEventOrSuccessWithTimeout waits for pod to succeed or an error event for that pod for a specified time
+func (c *PodClient) WaitForErrorEventOrSuccessWithTimeout(ctx context.Context, pod *v1.Pod, timeout time.Duration) (*v1.Event, error) {
 	var ev *v1.Event
-	err := wait.PollUntilContextTimeout(ctx, framework.Poll, framework.PodStartTimeout, false, func(ctx context.Context) (bool, error) {
+	err := wait.PollUntilContextTimeout(ctx, framework.Poll, timeout, false, func(ctx context.Context) (bool, error) {
 		evnts, err := c.f.ClientSet.CoreV1().Events(pod.Namespace).Search(scheme.Scheme, pod)
 		if err != nil {
 			return false, fmt.Errorf("error in listing events: %w", err)
diff --git a/test/e2e/node/gpu.go b/test/e2e/node/gpu.go
index e53787d9132..09f82804339 100644
--- a/test/e2e/node/gpu.go
+++ b/test/e2e/node/gpu.go
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ func createAndValidatePod(ctx context.Context, f *framework.Framework, podClient
 	pod = podClient.Create(ctx, pod)
 
 	ginkgo.By("Watching for error events or started pod")
-	ev, err := podClient.WaitForErrorEventOrSuccess(ctx, pod)
+	ev, err := podClient.WaitForErrorEventOrSuccessWithTimeout(ctx, pod, framework.PodStartTimeout*3)
 	framework.ExpectNoError(err)
 	gomega.Expect(ev).To(gomega.BeNil())