diff --git a/test/e2e/framework/util.go b/test/e2e/framework/util.go
index b1d520b9f6..a4848421cf 100644
--- a/test/e2e/framework/util.go
+++ b/test/e2e/framework/util.go
@@ -1216,10 +1216,10 @@ func waitTimeoutForPodRunningInNamespace(c *client.Client, podName, namespace, r
 // Waits default amount of time (podNoLongerRunningTimeout) for the specified pod to stop running.
 // Returns an error if timeout occurs first.
 func WaitForPodNoLongerRunningInNamespace(c *client.Client, podName, namespace, resourceVersion string) error {
-	return waitTimeoutForPodNoLongerRunningInNamespace(c, podName, namespace, resourceVersion, podNoLongerRunningTimeout)
+	return WaitTimeoutForPodNoLongerRunningInNamespace(c, podName, namespace, resourceVersion, podNoLongerRunningTimeout)
 }
 
-func waitTimeoutForPodNoLongerRunningInNamespace(c *client.Client, podName, namespace, resourceVersion string, timeout time.Duration) error {
+func WaitTimeoutForPodNoLongerRunningInNamespace(c *client.Client, podName, namespace, resourceVersion string, timeout time.Duration) error {
 	w, err := c.Pods(namespace).Watch(api.SingleObject(api.ObjectMeta{Name: podName, ResourceVersion: resourceVersion}))
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
diff --git a/test/e2e_node/apparmor_test.go b/test/e2e_node/apparmor_test.go
index e23dcbf5ee..827ba4f1dc 100644
--- a/test/e2e_node/apparmor_test.go
+++ b/test/e2e_node/apparmor_test.go
@@ -146,7 +146,9 @@ func loadTestProfiles() error {
 
 func runAppArmorTest(f *framework.Framework, profile string) api.PodStatus {
 	pod := createPodWithAppArmor(f, profile)
-	framework.ExpectNoError(f.WaitForPodNoLongerRunning(pod.Name))
+	// The pod needs to start before it stops, so wait for the longer start timeout.
+	framework.ExpectNoError(framework.WaitTimeoutForPodNoLongerRunningInNamespace(
+		f.Client, pod.Name, f.Namespace.Name, "", framework.PodStartTimeout))
 	p, err := f.PodClient().Get(pod.Name)
 	framework.ExpectNoError(err)
 	return p.Status