diff --git a/test/e2e_node/garbage_collector_test.go b/test/e2e_node/garbage_collector_test.go
index 09695019d87..5bce0a2d3ae 100644
--- a/test/e2e_node/garbage_collector_test.go
+++ b/test/e2e_node/garbage_collector_test.go
@@ -151,20 +151,10 @@ func containerGCTest(f *framework.Framework, test testRun) {
 			By("Making sure all containers restart the specified number of times")
 			Eventually(func() error {
 				for _, podSpec := range test.testPods {
-					updatedPod, err := f.ClientSet.Core().Pods(f.Namespace.Name).Get(podSpec.podName, metav1.GetOptions{})
+					err := verifyPodRestartCount(f, podSpec.podName, podSpec.numContainers, podSpec.restartCount)
 					if err != nil {
 						return err
 					}
-					if len(updatedPod.Status.ContainerStatuses) != podSpec.numContainers {
-						return fmt.Errorf("expected pod %s to have %d containers, actual: %d",
-							updatedPod.Name, podSpec.numContainers, len(updatedPod.Status.ContainerStatuses))
-					}
-					for _, containerStatus := range updatedPod.Status.ContainerStatuses {
-						if containerStatus.RestartCount != podSpec.restartCount {
-							return fmt.Errorf("pod %s had container with restartcount %d.  Should have been at least %d",
-								updatedPod.Name, containerStatus.RestartCount, podSpec.restartCount)
-						}
-					}
 				}
 				return nil
 			}, setupDuration, runtimePollInterval).Should(BeNil())
@@ -292,7 +282,7 @@ func getPods(specs []*testPodSpec) (pods []*v1.Pod) {
 			containers = append(containers, v1.Container{
 				Image:   "gcr.io/google_containers/busybox:1.24",
 				Name:    spec.getContainerName(i),
-				Command: getRestartingContainerCommand("/test-empty-dir-mnt", i, int(spec.restartCount), ""),
+				Command: getRestartingContainerCommand("/test-empty-dir-mnt", i, spec.restartCount, ""),
 				VolumeMounts: []v1.VolumeMount{
 					{MountPath: "/test-empty-dir-mnt", Name: "test-empty-dir"},
 				},
@@ -312,7 +302,7 @@ func getPods(specs []*testPodSpec) (pods []*v1.Pod) {
 	return
 }
 
-func getRestartingContainerCommand(path string, containerNum, restarts int, loopingCommand string) []string {
+func getRestartingContainerCommand(path string, containerNum int, restarts int32, loopingCommand string) []string {
 	return []string{
 		"sh",
 		"-c",
@@ -326,3 +316,21 @@ func getRestartingContainerCommand(path string, containerNum, restarts int, loop
 			path, strconv.Itoa(containerNum), restarts+1, loopingCommand),
 	}
 }
+
+func verifyPodRestartCount(f *framework.Framework, podName string, expectedNumContainers int, expectedRestartCount int32) error {
+	updatedPod, err := f.ClientSet.Core().Pods(f.Namespace.Name).Get(podName, metav1.GetOptions{})
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	if len(updatedPod.Status.ContainerStatuses) != expectedNumContainers {
+		return fmt.Errorf("expected pod %s to have %d containers, actual: %d",
+			updatedPod.Name, expectedNumContainers, len(updatedPod.Status.ContainerStatuses))
+	}
+	for _, containerStatus := range updatedPod.Status.ContainerStatuses {
+		if containerStatus.RestartCount != expectedRestartCount {
+			return fmt.Errorf("pod %s had container with restartcount %d.  Should have been at least %d",
+				updatedPod.Name, containerStatus.RestartCount, expectedRestartCount)
+		}
+	}
+	return nil
+}
diff --git a/test/e2e_node/summary_test.go b/test/e2e_node/summary_test.go
index 33a2e7fe914..e5b40ae8cdb 100644
--- a/test/e2e_node/summary_test.go
+++ b/test/e2e_node/summary_test.go
@@ -35,8 +35,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/onsi/gomega/types"
 )
 
-const restartCount = 3
-
 var _ = framework.KubeDescribe("Summary API", func() {
 	f := framework.NewDefaultFramework("summary-test")
 	Context("when querying /stats/summary", func() {
@@ -55,10 +53,22 @@ var _ = framework.KubeDescribe("Summary API", func() {
 			const pod1 = "stats-busybox-1"
 
 			By("Creating test pods")
-			pods := getSummaryTestPods(f, pod0, pod1)
+			numRestarts := int32(1)
+			pods := getSummaryTestPods(f, numRestarts, pod0, pod1)
 			f.PodClient().CreateBatch(pods)
-			// Wait for cAdvisor to collect 2 stats points, and for pods to restart
-			time.Sleep(45 * time.Second)
+
+			Eventually(func() error {
+				for _, pod := range pods {
+					err := verifyPodRestartCount(f, pod.Name, len(pod.Spec.Containers), numRestarts)
+					if err != nil {
+						return err
+					}
+				}
+				return nil
+			}, time.Minute, 5*time.Second).Should(BeNil())
+
+			// Wait for cAdvisor to collect 2 stats points
+			time.Sleep(15 * time.Second)
 
 			// Setup expectations.
 			const (
@@ -134,8 +144,8 @@ var _ = framework.KubeDescribe("Summary API", func() {
 						"StartTime": recent(maxStartAge),
 						"CPU": ptrMatchAllFields(gstruct.Fields{
 							"Time":                 recent(maxStatsAge),
-							"UsageNanoCores":       bounded(100000, 1000000000),
-							"UsageCoreNanoSeconds": bounded(10000000, 100000000000),
+							"UsageNanoCores":       bounded(100000, 1E9),
+							"UsageCoreNanoSeconds": bounded(10000000, 1E11),
 						}),
 						"Memory": ptrMatchAllFields(gstruct.Fields{
 							"Time":            recent(maxStatsAge),
@@ -262,7 +272,7 @@ var _ = framework.KubeDescribe("Summary API", func() {
 	})
 })
 
-func getSummaryTestPods(f *framework.Framework, names ...string) []*v1.Pod {
+func getSummaryTestPods(f *framework.Framework, numRestarts int32, names ...string) []*v1.Pod {
 	pods := make([]*v1.Pod, 0, len(names))
 	for _, name := range names {
 		pods = append(pods, &v1.Pod{
@@ -275,7 +285,7 @@ func getSummaryTestPods(f *framework.Framework, names ...string) []*v1.Pod {
 					{
 						Name:    "busybox-container",
 						Image:   "gcr.io/google_containers/busybox:1.24",
-						Command: getRestartingContainerCommand("/test-empty-dir-mnt", 0, restartCount, "ping -c 1 google.com; echo 'hello world' >> /test-empty-dir-mnt/file"),
+						Command: getRestartingContainerCommand("/test-empty-dir-mnt", 0, numRestarts, "ping -c 1 google.com; echo 'hello world' >> /test-empty-dir-mnt/file"),
 						Resources: v1.ResourceRequirements{
 							Limits: v1.ResourceList{
 								// Must set memory limit to get MemoryStats.AvailableBytes