diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/admission/plugin/webhook/mutating/dispatcher.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/admission/plugin/webhook/mutating/dispatcher.go
index 44490d1b4f0..a2b36749557 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/admission/plugin/webhook/mutating/dispatcher.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/admission/plugin/webhook/mutating/dispatcher.go
@@ -101,7 +101,11 @@ func (a *mutatingDispatcher) callAttrMutatingHook(ctx context.Context, h *v1beta
 		return &webhook.ErrCallingWebhook{WebhookName: h.Name, Reason: err}
 	}
 	response := &admissionv1beta1.AdmissionReview{}
-	if err := client.Post().Context(ctx).Body(&request).Do().Into(response); err != nil {
+	r := client.Post().Context(ctx).Body(&request)
+	if h.TimeoutSeconds != nil {
+		r = r.Timeout(time.Duration(*h.TimeoutSeconds) * time.Second)
+	}
+	if err := r.Do().Into(response); err != nil {
 		return &webhook.ErrCallingWebhook{WebhookName: h.Name, Reason: err}
 	}
 
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/admission/plugin/webhook/validating/dispatcher.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/admission/plugin/webhook/validating/dispatcher.go
index d779be7b835..2a70e4e64e5 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/admission/plugin/webhook/validating/dispatcher.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/admission/plugin/webhook/validating/dispatcher.go
@@ -115,7 +115,11 @@ func (d *validatingDispatcher) callHook(ctx context.Context, h *v1beta1.Webhook,
 		return &webhook.ErrCallingWebhook{WebhookName: h.Name, Reason: err}
 	}
 	response := &admissionv1beta1.AdmissionReview{}
-	if err := client.Post().Context(ctx).Body(&request).Do().Into(response); err != nil {
+	r := client.Post().Context(ctx).Body(&request)
+	if h.TimeoutSeconds != nil {
+		r = r.Timeout(time.Duration(*h.TimeoutSeconds) * time.Second)
+	}
+	if err := r.Do().Into(response); err != nil {
 		return &webhook.ErrCallingWebhook{WebhookName: h.Name, Reason: err}
 	}