diff --git a/tests/e2e/testutils.go b/tests/e2e/testutils.go
index fcd42975f2..0e4956c00b 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/testutils.go
+++ b/tests/e2e/testutils.go
@@ -419,7 +419,7 @@ func ParsePods(kubeConfig string, print bool) ([]Pod, error) {
 // RestartCluster restarts the k3s service on each node given
 func RestartCluster(nodeNames []string) error {
 	for _, nodeName := range nodeNames {
-		cmd := "sudo systemctl restart k3s*"
+		cmd := "sudo systemctl restart k3s* --all"
 		if _, err := RunCmdOnNode(cmd, nodeName); err != nil {
 			return err
 		}