diff --git a/test/e2e/framework/timeouts.go b/test/e2e/framework/timeouts.go
index ac636ddd76d..f7edd418dc5 100644
--- a/test/e2e/framework/timeouts.go
+++ b/test/e2e/framework/timeouts.go
@@ -18,25 +18,24 @@ package framework
 
 import "time"
 
-const (
-	// Default timeouts to be used in TimeoutContext
-	podStartTimeout                  = 5 * time.Minute
-	podStartShortTimeout             = 2 * time.Minute
-	podStartSlowTimeout              = 15 * time.Minute
-	podDeleteTimeout                 = 5 * time.Minute
-	claimProvisionTimeout            = 5 * time.Minute
-	claimProvisionShortTimeout       = 1 * time.Minute
-	dataSourceProvisionTimeout       = 5 * time.Minute
-	claimBoundTimeout                = 3 * time.Minute
-	pvReclaimTimeout                 = 3 * time.Minute
-	pvBoundTimeout                   = 3 * time.Minute
-	pvCreateTimeout                  = 3 * time.Minute
-	pvDeleteTimeout                  = 5 * time.Minute
-	pvDeleteSlowTimeout              = 20 * time.Minute
-	snapshotCreateTimeout            = 5 * time.Minute
-	snapshotDeleteTimeout            = 5 * time.Minute
-	snapshotControllerMetricsTimeout = 5 * time.Minute
-)
+var defaultTimeouts = TimeoutContext{
+	PodStart:                  5 * time.Minute,
+	PodStartShort:             2 * time.Minute,
+	PodStartSlow:              15 * time.Minute,
+	PodDelete:                 5 * time.Minute,
+	ClaimProvision:            5 * time.Minute,
+	ClaimProvisionShort:       1 * time.Minute,
+	DataSourceProvision:       5 * time.Minute,
+	ClaimBound:                3 * time.Minute,
+	PVReclaim:                 3 * time.Minute,
+	PVBound:                   3 * time.Minute,
+	PVCreate:                  3 * time.Minute,
+	PVDelete:                  5 * time.Minute,
+	PVDeleteSlow:              20 * time.Minute,
+	SnapshotCreate:            5 * time.Minute,
+	SnapshotDelete:            5 * time.Minute,
+	SnapshotControllerMetrics: 5 * time.Minute,
+}
 
 // TimeoutContext contains timeout settings for several actions.
 type TimeoutContext struct {
@@ -93,22 +92,8 @@ type TimeoutContext struct {
 
 // NewTimeoutContextWithDefaults returns a TimeoutContext with default values.
 func NewTimeoutContextWithDefaults() *TimeoutContext {
-	return &TimeoutContext{
-		PodStart:                  podStartTimeout,
-		PodStartShort:             podStartShortTimeout,
-		PodStartSlow:              podStartSlowTimeout,
-		PodDelete:                 podDeleteTimeout,
-		ClaimProvision:            claimProvisionTimeout,
-		ClaimProvisionShort:       claimProvisionShortTimeout,
-		DataSourceProvision:       dataSourceProvisionTimeout,
-		ClaimBound:                claimBoundTimeout,
-		PVReclaim:                 pvReclaimTimeout,
-		PVBound:                   pvBoundTimeout,
-		PVCreate:                  pvCreateTimeout,
-		PVDelete:                  pvDeleteTimeout,
-		PVDeleteSlow:              pvDeleteSlowTimeout,
-		SnapshotCreate:            snapshotCreateTimeout,
-		SnapshotDelete:            snapshotDeleteTimeout,
-		SnapshotControllerMetrics: snapshotControllerMetricsTimeout,
-	}
+	// Make a copy, otherwise the caller would have the ability to
+	// modify the defaults
+	copy := defaultTimeouts
+	return &copy
 }