diff --git a/hack/e2e-suite/monitoring.sh b/hack/e2e-suite/monitoring.sh
index 5820ec463d9..1871b20d590 100755
--- a/hack/e2e-suite/monitoring.sh
+++ b/hack/e2e-suite/monitoring.sh
@@ -51,6 +51,10 @@ function setup {
 function cleanup {
   "${KUBECFG}" resize monitoring-influxGrafanaController 0 &> /dev/null || true
   "${KUBECFG}" resize monitoring-heapsterController 0 &> /dev/null || true
+  while kubectl.sh get pods -l "name=influxGrafana" -o template -t {{range.items}}{{.id}}:{{end}} | grep -c . &> /dev/null \
+    || kubectl.sh get pods -l "name=heapster" -o template -t {{range.items}}{{.id}}:{{end}} | grep -c . &> /dev/null; do
+    sleep 2
+  done
   "${KUBECTL}" delete -f "${MONITORING}/" &> /dev/null || true
 
   # This only has work to do on gce and gke
@@ -104,6 +108,9 @@ function wait-for-pods {
 
 trap cleanup EXIT
 
+# Remove any pre-existing monitoring services.
+cleanup 
+
 # Start monitoring pods and services.
 setup