diff --git a/test/e2e_node/podresources_test.go b/test/e2e_node/podresources_test.go
index d75acb18f7a..9a7188905ef 100644
--- a/test/e2e_node/podresources_test.go
+++ b/test/e2e_node/podresources_test.go
@@ -796,9 +796,24 @@ var _ = SIGDescribe("POD Resources [Serial] [Feature:PodResources][NodeFeature:P
 
 					expectPodResources(1, cli, []podDesc{desc})
 
+					restartTime := time.Now()
 					ginkgo.By("Restarting Kubelet")
 					restartKubelet(true)
-					framework.WaitForAllNodesSchedulable(f.ClientSet, framework.TestContext.NodeSchedulableTimeout)
+
+					// we need to wait for the node to be reported ready before we can safely query
+					// the podresources endpoint again. Otherwise we will have false negatives.
+					ginkgo.By("Wait for node to be ready")
+					gomega.Eventually(func() bool {
+						node, err := f.ClientSet.CoreV1().Nodes().Get(context.TODO(), framework.TestContext.NodeName, metav1.GetOptions{})
+						framework.ExpectNoError(err)
+						for _, cond := range node.Status.Conditions {
+							if cond.Type == v1.NodeReady && cond.Status == v1.ConditionTrue && cond.LastHeartbeatTime.After(restartTime) {
+								return true
+							}
+						}
+						return false
+					}, 5*time.Minute, framework.Poll).Should(gomega.BeTrue())
+
 					expectPodResources(1, cli, []podDesc{desc})
 					tpd.deletePodsForTest(f)
 				})