diff --git a/test/e2e/resize_nodes.go b/test/e2e/resize_nodes.go
index 7ae33f1ad75..c3674726a01 100644
--- a/test/e2e/resize_nodes.go
+++ b/test/e2e/resize_nodes.go
@@ -522,10 +522,13 @@ var _ = Describe("Nodes", func() {
 				By(fmt.Sprintf("block network traffic from node %s", node.Name))
 				performTemporaryNetworkFailure(c, ns, name, replicas, pods.Items[0].Name, node)
 				Logf("Waiting %v for node %s to be ready once temporary network failure ends", resizeNodeReadyTimeout, node.Name)
-				if !waitForNodeToBe(c, node.Name, true, resizeNodeReadyTimeout) {
+				if !waitForNodeToBeReady(c, node.Name, resizeNodeReadyTimeout) {
 					Failf("Node %s did not become ready within %v", node.Name, resizeNodeReadyTimeout)
 				}
 
+				// sleep a bit, to allow Watch in NodeController to catch up.
+				time.Sleep(5 * time.Second)
+
 				By("verify whether new pods can be created on the re-attached node")
 				// increasing the RC size is not a valid way to test this
 				// since we have no guarantees the pod will be scheduled on our node.