diff --git a/test/e2e/framework/pod/wait.go b/test/e2e/framework/pod/wait.go
index d7067be28c30e..f2f1dba1fcb0c 100644
--- a/test/e2e/framework/pod/wait.go
+++ b/test/e2e/framework/pod/wait.go
@@ -495,13 +495,23 @@ func WaitForPodsWithSchedulingGates(ctx context.Context, c clientset.Interface,
 	return err
 }
 
-// WaitForPodTerminatedInNamespace returns an error if it takes too long for the pod to terminate,
+// WaitForPodTerminatedInNamespace returns an error if it takes too long for the pod to terminate after podStartTimeout,
 // if the pod Get api returns an error (IsNotFound or other), or if the pod failed (and thus did not
 // terminate) with an unexpected reason. Typically called to test that the passed-in pod is fully
 // terminated (reason==""), but may be called to detect if a pod did *not* terminate according to
 // the supplied reason.
 func WaitForPodTerminatedInNamespace(ctx context.Context, c clientset.Interface, podName, reason, namespace string) error {
-	return WaitForPodCondition(ctx, c, namespace, podName, fmt.Sprintf("terminated with reason %s", reason), podStartTimeout, func(pod *v1.Pod) (bool, error) {
+	return WaitForPodTerminatedInNamespaceTimeout(ctx, c, podName, reason, namespace, podStartTimeout)
+}
+
+// WaitForPodTerminatedInNamespaceTimeout returns an error if it takes too long
+// for the pod to terminate after the provided timeout, if the pod Get api
+// returns an error (IsNotFound or other), or if the pod failed (and thus did
+// not terminate) with an unexpected reason. Typically called to test that the
+// passed-in pod is fully terminated (reason==""), but may be called to detect
+// if a pod did *not* terminate according to the supplied reason.
+func WaitForPodTerminatedInNamespaceTimeout(ctx context.Context, c clientset.Interface, podName, reason, namespace string, timeout time.Duration) error {
+	return WaitForPodCondition(ctx, c, namespace, podName, fmt.Sprintf("terminated with reason %s", reason), timeout, func(pod *v1.Pod) (bool, error) {
 		// Only consider Failed pods. Successful pods will be deleted and detected in
 		// waitForPodCondition's Get call returning `IsNotFound`
 		if pod.Status.Phase == v1.PodFailed {
diff --git a/test/e2e/node/pods.go b/test/e2e/node/pods.go
index dd64f5f41a81e..ad4aa817341aa 100644
--- a/test/e2e/node/pods.go
+++ b/test/e2e/node/pods.go
@@ -338,7 +338,7 @@ var _ = SIGDescribe("Pods Extended", func() {
 				return podClient.Delete(ctx, pod.Name, metav1.DeleteOptions{})
 			})
 
-			err := e2epod.WaitForPodTerminatedInNamespace(ctx, f.ClientSet, pod.Name, "Evicted", f.Namespace.Name)
+			err := e2epod.WaitForPodTerminatedInNamespaceTimeout(ctx, f.ClientSet, pod.Name, "Evicted", f.Namespace.Name, 15*time.Minute)
 			if err != nil {
 				framework.Failf("error waiting for pod to be evicted: %v", err)
 			}