diff --git a/vertical-pod-autoscaler/pkg/admission-controller/config.go b/vertical-pod-autoscaler/pkg/admission-controller/config.go
index 9a18b032beee..06b5ad879038 100644
--- a/vertical-pod-autoscaler/pkg/admission-controller/config.go
+++ b/vertical-pod-autoscaler/pkg/admission-controller/config.go
@@ -90,8 +90,8 @@ func configTLS(cfg certsConfig, minTlsVersion, ciphers string, stop <-chan struc
 
 // register this webhook admission controller with the kube-apiserver
 // by creating MutatingWebhookConfiguration.
-func selfRegistration(clientset kubernetes.Interface, caCert []byte, namespace, serviceName, url string, registerByURL bool, timeoutSeconds int32, selectedNamespace string, ignoredNamespaces []string) {
-	time.Sleep(10 * time.Second)
+func selfRegistration(clientset kubernetes.Interface, caCert []byte, webHookDelay time.Duration, namespace, serviceName, url string, registerByURL bool, timeoutSeconds int32, selectedNamespace string, ignoredNamespaces []string) {
+	time.Sleep(webHookDelay)
 	client := clientset.AdmissionregistrationV1().MutatingWebhookConfigurations()
 	_, err := client.Get(context.TODO(), webhookConfigName, metav1.GetOptions{})
 	if err == nil {
diff --git a/vertical-pod-autoscaler/pkg/admission-controller/config_test.go b/vertical-pod-autoscaler/pkg/admission-controller/config_test.go
index 857bab45110c..8f91eadad92d 100644
--- a/vertical-pod-autoscaler/pkg/admission-controller/config_test.go
+++ b/vertical-pod-autoscaler/pkg/admission-controller/config_test.go
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ package main
 import (
 	"context"
 	"testing"
+	"time"
 
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 	admissionregistration "k8s.io/api/admissionregistration/v1"
@@ -30,6 +31,7 @@ func TestSelfRegistrationBase(t *testing.T) {
 
 	testClientSet := fake.NewSimpleClientset()
 	caCert := []byte("fake")
+	webHookDelay := 0 * time.Second
 	namespace := "default"
 	serviceName := "vpa-service"
 	url := "http://example.com/"
@@ -38,7 +40,7 @@ func TestSelfRegistrationBase(t *testing.T) {
 	selectedNamespace := ""
 	ignoredNamespaces := []string{}
 
-	selfRegistration(testClientSet, caCert, namespace, serviceName, url, registerByURL, timeoutSeconds, selectedNamespace, ignoredNamespaces)
+	selfRegistration(testClientSet, caCert, webHookDelay, namespace, serviceName, url, registerByURL, timeoutSeconds, selectedNamespace, ignoredNamespaces)
 
 	webhookConfigInterface := testClientSet.AdmissionregistrationV1().MutatingWebhookConfigurations()
 	webhookConfig, err := webhookConfigInterface.Get(context.TODO(), webhookConfigName, metav1.GetOptions{})
@@ -72,6 +74,7 @@ func TestSelfRegistrationWithURL(t *testing.T) {
 
 	testClientSet := fake.NewSimpleClientset()
 	caCert := []byte("fake")
+	webHookDelay := 0 * time.Second
 	namespace := "default"
 	serviceName := "vpa-service"
 	url := "http://example.com/"
@@ -80,7 +83,7 @@ func TestSelfRegistrationWithURL(t *testing.T) {
 	selectedNamespace := ""
 	ignoredNamespaces := []string{}
 
-	selfRegistration(testClientSet, caCert, namespace, serviceName, url, registerByURL, timeoutSeconds, selectedNamespace, ignoredNamespaces)
+	selfRegistration(testClientSet, caCert, webHookDelay, namespace, serviceName, url, registerByURL, timeoutSeconds, selectedNamespace, ignoredNamespaces)
 
 	webhookConfigInterface := testClientSet.AdmissionregistrationV1().MutatingWebhookConfigurations()
 	webhookConfig, err := webhookConfigInterface.Get(context.TODO(), webhookConfigName, metav1.GetOptions{})
@@ -99,6 +102,7 @@ func TestSelfRegistrationWithOutURL(t *testing.T) {
 
 	testClientSet := fake.NewSimpleClientset()
 	caCert := []byte("fake")
+	webHookDelay := 0 * time.Second
 	namespace := "default"
 	serviceName := "vpa-service"
 	url := "http://example.com/"
@@ -107,7 +111,7 @@ func TestSelfRegistrationWithOutURL(t *testing.T) {
 	selectedNamespace := ""
 	ignoredNamespaces := []string{}
 
-	selfRegistration(testClientSet, caCert, namespace, serviceName, url, registerByURL, timeoutSeconds, selectedNamespace, ignoredNamespaces)
+	selfRegistration(testClientSet, caCert, webHookDelay, namespace, serviceName, url, registerByURL, timeoutSeconds, selectedNamespace, ignoredNamespaces)
 
 	webhookConfigInterface := testClientSet.AdmissionregistrationV1().MutatingWebhookConfigurations()
 	webhookConfig, err := webhookConfigInterface.Get(context.TODO(), webhookConfigName, metav1.GetOptions{})
@@ -128,6 +132,7 @@ func TestSelfRegistrationWithIgnoredNamespaces(t *testing.T) {
 
 	testClientSet := fake.NewSimpleClientset()
 	caCert := []byte("fake")
+	webHookDelay := 0 * time.Second
 	namespace := "default"
 	serviceName := "vpa-service"
 	url := "http://example.com/"
@@ -136,7 +141,7 @@ func TestSelfRegistrationWithIgnoredNamespaces(t *testing.T) {
 	selectedNamespace := ""
 	ignoredNamespaces := []string{"test"}
 
-	selfRegistration(testClientSet, caCert, namespace, serviceName, url, registerByURL, timeoutSeconds, selectedNamespace, ignoredNamespaces)
+	selfRegistration(testClientSet, caCert, webHookDelay, namespace, serviceName, url, registerByURL, timeoutSeconds, selectedNamespace, ignoredNamespaces)
 
 	webhookConfigInterface := testClientSet.AdmissionregistrationV1().MutatingWebhookConfigurations()
 	webhookConfig, err := webhookConfigInterface.Get(context.TODO(), webhookConfigName, metav1.GetOptions{})
@@ -158,6 +163,7 @@ func TestSelfRegistrationWithSelectedNamespaces(t *testing.T) {
 
 	testClientSet := fake.NewSimpleClientset()
 	caCert := []byte("fake")
+	webHookDelay := 0 * time.Second
 	namespace := "default"
 	serviceName := "vpa-service"
 	url := "http://example.com/"
@@ -166,7 +172,7 @@ func TestSelfRegistrationWithSelectedNamespaces(t *testing.T) {
 	selectedNamespace := "test"
 	ignoredNamespaces := []string{}
 
-	selfRegistration(testClientSet, caCert, namespace, serviceName, url, registerByURL, timeoutSeconds, selectedNamespace, ignoredNamespaces)
+	selfRegistration(testClientSet, caCert, webHookDelay, namespace, serviceName, url, registerByURL, timeoutSeconds, selectedNamespace, ignoredNamespaces)
 
 	webhookConfigInterface := testClientSet.AdmissionregistrationV1().MutatingWebhookConfigurations()
 	webhookConfig, err := webhookConfigInterface.Get(context.TODO(), webhookConfigName, metav1.GetOptions{})
diff --git a/vertical-pod-autoscaler/pkg/admission-controller/main.go b/vertical-pod-autoscaler/pkg/admission-controller/main.go
index 21ee935dc1a3..a0fe4f678ce0 100644
--- a/vertical-pod-autoscaler/pkg/admission-controller/main.go
+++ b/vertical-pod-autoscaler/pkg/admission-controller/main.go
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ const (
 	scaleCacheEntryLifetime      time.Duration = time.Hour
 	scaleCacheEntryFreshnessTime time.Duration = 10 * time.Minute
 	scaleCacheEntryJitterFactor  float64       = 1.
+	webHookDelay                               = 10 * time.Second
 )
 
 var (
@@ -145,7 +146,7 @@ func main() {
 	ignoredNamespaces := strings.Split(*ignoredVpaObjectNamespaces, ",")
 	go func() {
 		if *registerWebhook {
-			selfRegistration(kubeClient, readFile(*certsConfiguration.clientCaFile), namespace, *serviceName, url, *registerByURL, int32(*webhookTimeout), *vpaObjectNamespace, ignoredNamespaces)
+			selfRegistration(kubeClient, readFile(*certsConfiguration.clientCaFile), webHookDelay, namespace, *serviceName, url, *registerByURL, int32(*webhookTimeout), *vpaObjectNamespace, ignoredNamespaces)
 		}
 		// Start status updates after the webhook is initialized.
 		statusUpdater.Run(stopCh)