diff --git a/cluster/gce/trusty/node.yaml b/cluster/gce/trusty/node.yaml
index 36164625658..e1d90ea539f 100644
--- a/cluster/gce/trusty/node.yaml
+++ b/cluster/gce/trusty/node.yaml
@@ -281,7 +281,7 @@ script
 	# We simply kill the process when there is a failure. Another upstart job will automatically
 	# restart the process.
 	while [ 1 ]; do
-		if ! timeout 10 docker version > /dev/null; then
+		if ! timeout 20 docker ps > /dev/null; then
 			echo "Docker daemon failed!"
 			pkill docker
 		fi
diff --git a/cluster/saltbase/salt/supervisor/docker-checker.sh b/cluster/saltbase/salt/supervisor/docker-checker.sh
index 05492e75589..22195033a17 100755
--- a/cluster/saltbase/salt/supervisor/docker-checker.sh
+++ b/cluster/saltbase/salt/supervisor/docker-checker.sh
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ echo "waiting a minute for startup"
 sleep 60
 
 while true; do
-  if ! sudo timeout 10 docker version > /dev/null; then
+  if ! sudo timeout 20 docker ps > /dev/null; then
     echo "Docker failed!"
     exit 2
   fi