diff --git a/test/e2e/framework/util.go b/test/e2e/framework/util.go
index bddeeeb3637..e239ed8bba2 100644
--- a/test/e2e/framework/util.go
+++ b/test/e2e/framework/util.go
@@ -1165,12 +1165,14 @@ func hasRemainingContent(c clientset.Interface, clientPool dynamic.ClientPool, n
 	}
 
 	// find out what content is supported on the server
-	resources, err := c.Discovery().ServerPreferredNamespacedResources()
-	if err != nil && !isDynamicDiscoveryError(err) {
+	// Since extension apiserver is not always available, e.g. metrics server sometimes goes down,
+	// add retry here.
+	resources, err := waitForServerPreferredNamespacedResources(c.Discovery(), 30*time.Second)
+	if err != nil {
 		return false, err
 	}
 	groupVersionResources, err := discovery.GroupVersionResources(resources)
-	if err != nil && !isDynamicDiscoveryError(err) {
+	if err != nil {
 		return false, err
 	}
 
@@ -5100,3 +5102,25 @@ func DsFromManifest(url string) (*extensions.DaemonSet, error) {
 	}
 	return &controller, nil
 }
+
+// waitForServerPreferredNamespacedResources waits until server preferred namespaced resources could be successfully discovered.
+// TODO: Fix https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/issues/55768 and remove the following retry.
+func waitForServerPreferredNamespacedResources(d discovery.DiscoveryInterface, timeout time.Duration) ([]*metav1.APIResourceList, error) {
+	Logf("Waiting up to %v for server preferred namespaced resources to be successfully discovered", timeout)
+	var resources []*metav1.APIResourceList
+	if err := wait.PollImmediate(Poll, timeout, func() (bool, error) {
+		var err error
+		resources, err = d.ServerPreferredNamespacedResources()
+		if err == nil || isDynamicDiscoveryError(err) {
+			return true, nil
+		}
+		if !discovery.IsGroupDiscoveryFailedError(err) {
+			return false, err
+		}
+		Logf("Error discoverying server preferred namespaced resources: %v, retrying in %v.", err, Poll)
+		return false, nil
+	}); err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	return resources, nil
+}