diff --git a/test/e2e/apps/daemon_set.go b/test/e2e/apps/daemon_set.go
index a50b83e75f2..f7296e0e846 100644
--- a/test/e2e/apps/daemon_set.go
+++ b/test/e2e/apps/daemon_set.go
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ func updateDaemonSetWithRetries(ctx context.Context, c clientset.Interface, name
 		updateErr = err
 		return false, nil
 	})
-	if pollErr == wait.ErrWaitTimeout {
+	if wait.Interrupted(pollErr) {
 		pollErr = fmt.Errorf("couldn't apply the provided updated to DaemonSet %q: %v", name, updateErr)
 	}
 	return ds, pollErr
diff --git a/test/e2e/apps/deployment.go b/test/e2e/apps/deployment.go
index 4d5fb39d7d6..bf03b1e1e32 100644
--- a/test/e2e/apps/deployment.go
+++ b/test/e2e/apps/deployment.go
@@ -1549,7 +1549,7 @@ func watchRecreateDeployment(ctx context.Context, c clientset.Interface, d *apps
 	ctxUntil, cancel := context.WithTimeout(ctx, 2*time.Minute)
 	defer cancel()
 	_, err := watchtools.Until(ctxUntil, d.ResourceVersion, w, condition)
-	if err == wait.ErrWaitTimeout {
+	if wait.Interrupted(err) {
 		err = fmt.Errorf("deployment %q never completed: %#v", d.Name, status)
 	}
 	return err
@@ -1573,7 +1573,7 @@ func waitForDeploymentOldRSsNum(ctx context.Context, c clientset.Interface, ns,
 		}
 		return len(oldRSs) == desiredRSNum, nil
 	})
-	if pollErr == wait.ErrWaitTimeout {
+	if wait.Interrupted(pollErr) {
 		pollErr = fmt.Errorf("%d old replica sets were not cleaned up for deployment %q", len(oldRSs)-desiredRSNum, deploymentName)
 		testutil.LogReplicaSetsOfDeployment(d, oldRSs, nil, framework.Logf)
 	}
@@ -1590,7 +1590,7 @@ func waitForReplicaSetDesiredReplicas(ctx context.Context, rsClient appsclient.R
 		}
 		return rs.Status.ObservedGeneration >= desiredGeneration && rs.Status.Replicas == *(replicaSet.Spec.Replicas) && rs.Status.Replicas == *(rs.Spec.Replicas), nil
 	})
-	if err == wait.ErrWaitTimeout {
+	if wait.Interrupted(err) {
 		err = fmt.Errorf("replicaset %q never had desired number of replicas", replicaSet.Name)
 	}
 	return err
@@ -1606,7 +1606,7 @@ func waitForReplicaSetTargetSpecReplicas(ctx context.Context, c clientset.Interf
 		}
 		return rs.Status.ObservedGeneration >= desiredGeneration && *rs.Spec.Replicas == targetReplicaNum, nil
 	})
-	if err == wait.ErrWaitTimeout {
+	if wait.Interrupted(err) {
 		err = fmt.Errorf("replicaset %q never had desired number of .spec.replicas", replicaSet.Name)
 	}
 	return err
diff --git a/test/e2e/apps/job.go b/test/e2e/apps/job.go
index a35d10e0900..88b15c6efa4 100644
--- a/test/e2e/apps/job.go
+++ b/test/e2e/apps/job.go
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ package apps
 import (
 	"context"
 	"encoding/json"
+	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"strconv"
 	"time"
@@ -286,7 +287,7 @@ var _ = SIGDescribe("Job", func() {
 				return false, err
 			}
 			return len(pods.Items) > 0, nil
-		}), wait.ErrWaitTimeout)
+		}), wait.ErrorInterrupted(errors.New("timed out waiting for the condition")))
 
 		ginkgo.By("Checking Job status to observe Suspended state")
 		job, err = e2ejob.GetJob(ctx, f.ClientSet, f.Namespace.Name, job.Name)
diff --git a/test/e2e/apps/rc.go b/test/e2e/apps/rc.go
index d20e6d709c7..5939c34c5f4 100644
--- a/test/e2e/apps/rc.go
+++ b/test/e2e/apps/rc.go
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ package apps
 import (
 	"context"
 	"encoding/json"
+	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"time"
 
@@ -554,7 +555,7 @@ func testReplicationControllerConditionCheck(ctx context.Context, f *framework.F
 		quantity := resource.MustParse("2")
 		return (&podQuota).Cmp(quantity) == 0, nil
 	})
-	if err == wait.ErrWaitTimeout {
+	if wait.Interrupted(err) {
 		err = fmt.Errorf("resource quota %q never synced", name)
 	}
 	framework.ExpectNoError(err)
@@ -581,7 +582,7 @@ func testReplicationControllerConditionCheck(ctx context.Context, f *framework.F
 		cond := replication.GetCondition(rc.Status, v1.ReplicationControllerReplicaFailure)
 		return cond != nil, nil
 	})
-	if err == wait.ErrWaitTimeout {
+	if wait.Interrupted(err) {
 		err = fmt.Errorf("rc manager never added the failure condition for rc %q: %#v", name, conditions)
 	}
 	framework.ExpectNoError(err)
@@ -610,7 +611,7 @@ func testReplicationControllerConditionCheck(ctx context.Context, f *framework.F
 		cond := replication.GetCondition(rc.Status, v1.ReplicationControllerReplicaFailure)
 		return cond == nil, nil
 	})
-	if err == wait.ErrWaitTimeout {
+	if wait.Interrupted(err) {
 		err = fmt.Errorf("rc manager never removed the failure condition for rc %q: %#v", name, conditions)
 	}
 	framework.ExpectNoError(err)
@@ -732,7 +733,7 @@ func updateReplicationControllerWithRetries(ctx context.Context, c clientset.Int
 		updateErr = err
 		return false, nil
 	})
-	if pollErr == wait.ErrWaitTimeout {
+	if wait.Interrupted(pollErr) {
 		pollErr = fmt.Errorf("couldn't apply the provided updated to rc %q: %v", name, updateErr)
 	}
 	return rc, pollErr
@@ -778,7 +779,7 @@ func watchUntilWithoutRetry(ctx context.Context, watcher watch.Interface, condit
 				}
 
 			case <-ctx.Done():
-				return lastEvent, wait.ErrWaitTimeout
+				return lastEvent, wait.ErrorInterrupted(errors.New("timed out waiting for the condition"))
 			}
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/test/e2e/apps/replica_set.go b/test/e2e/apps/replica_set.go
index 007f048681b..e72f40a1b70 100644
--- a/test/e2e/apps/replica_set.go
+++ b/test/e2e/apps/replica_set.go
@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@ func testReplicaSetConditionCheck(ctx context.Context, f *framework.Framework) {
 		podQuota := quota.Status.Hard[v1.ResourcePods]
 		return (&podQuota).Cmp(quantity) == 0, nil
 	})
-	if err == wait.ErrWaitTimeout {
+	if wait.Interrupted(err) {
 		err = fmt.Errorf("resource quota %q never synced", name)
 	}
 	framework.ExpectNoError(err)
@@ -279,7 +279,7 @@ func testReplicaSetConditionCheck(ctx context.Context, f *framework.Framework) {
 		return cond != nil, nil
 
 	})
-	if err == wait.ErrWaitTimeout {
+	if wait.Interrupted(err) {
 		err = fmt.Errorf("rs controller never added the failure condition for replica set %q: %#v", name, conditions)
 	}
 	framework.ExpectNoError(err)
@@ -308,7 +308,7 @@ func testReplicaSetConditionCheck(ctx context.Context, f *framework.Framework) {
 		cond := replicaset.GetCondition(rs.Status, appsv1.ReplicaSetReplicaFailure)
 		return cond == nil, nil
 	})
-	if err == wait.ErrWaitTimeout {
+	if wait.Interrupted(err) {
 		err = fmt.Errorf("rs controller never removed the failure condition for rs %q: %#v", name, conditions)
 	}
 	framework.ExpectNoError(err)
diff --git a/test/e2e/apps/statefulset.go b/test/e2e/apps/statefulset.go
index baa36de7638..d97e127f41e 100644
--- a/test/e2e/apps/statefulset.go
+++ b/test/e2e/apps/statefulset.go
@@ -1836,7 +1836,7 @@ func pollReadWithTimeout(ctx context.Context, statefulPod statefulPodTester, sta
 		return true, nil
 	})
 
-	if err == wait.ErrWaitTimeout {
+	if wait.Interrupted(err) {
 		return fmt.Errorf("timed out when trying to read value for key %v from stateful pod %d", key, statefulPodNumber)
 	}
 	return err
@@ -2058,7 +2058,7 @@ func updateStatefulSetWithRetries(ctx context.Context, c clientset.Interface, na
 		updateErr = err
 		return false, nil
 	})
-	if pollErr == wait.ErrWaitTimeout {
+	if wait.Interrupted(pollErr) {
 		pollErr = fmt.Errorf("couldn't apply the provided updated to stateful set %q: %v", name, updateErr)
 	}
 	return statefulSet, pollErr
diff --git a/test/e2e/apps/ttl_after_finished.go b/test/e2e/apps/ttl_after_finished.go
index 67fabeab76a..0c73cceb4d1 100644
--- a/test/e2e/apps/ttl_after_finished.go
+++ b/test/e2e/apps/ttl_after_finished.go
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ func updateJobWithRetries(ctx context.Context, c clientset.Interface, namespace,
 		updateErr = err
 		return false, nil
 	})
-	if pollErr == wait.ErrWaitTimeout {
+	if wait.Interrupted(pollErr) {
 		pollErr = fmt.Errorf("couldn't apply the provided updated to job %q: %v", name, updateErr)
 	}
 	return job, pollErr