diff --git a/parts/k8s/kubernetesconfigs.sh b/parts/k8s/kubernetesconfigs.sh
index 4f9c7a8f1c..157002ba2a 100755
--- a/parts/k8s/kubernetesconfigs.sh
+++ b/parts/k8s/kubernetesconfigs.sh
@@ -397,17 +397,17 @@ configAddons() {
 }
 
 configGPUDrivers() {
-    retrycmd_if_failure 10 1 60 sh $GPU_DEST/nvidia-drivers-$GPU_DV --silent --accept-license --no-drm --dkms --utility-prefix="${GPU_DEST}" --opengl-prefix="${GPU_DEST}" || exit $ERR_GPU_DRIVERS_START_FAIL
+    retrycmd_if_failure 30 1 120 sh $GPU_DEST/nvidia-drivers-$GPU_DV --silent --accept-license --no-drm --dkms --utility-prefix="${GPU_DEST}" --opengl-prefix="${GPU_DEST}" || exit $ERR_GPU_DRIVERS_START_FAIL
     echo "${GPU_DEST}/lib64" > /etc/ld.so.conf.d/nvidia.conf
-    ldconfig
+    retrycmd_if_failure 120 5 25 ldconfig || exit $ERR_GPU_DRIVERS_START_FAIL
     umount -l /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu
-    nvidia-modprobe -u -c0
-    $GPU_DEST/bin/nvidia-smi
-    ldconfig
+    retrycmd_if_failure 120 5 25 nvidia-modprobe -u -c0 || exit $ERR_GPU_DRIVERS_START_FAIL
+    retrycmd_if_failure 120 5 25 $GPU_DEST/bin/nvidia-smi || exit $ERR_GPU_DRIVERS_START_FAIL
+    retrycmd_if_failure 120 5 25 ldconfig || exit $ERR_GPU_DRIVERS_START_FAIL
 }
 
 ensureGPUDrivers() {
     configGPUDrivers
     systemctlEnableAndStart nvidia-modprobe || exit $ERR_GPU_DRIVERS_START_FAIL
-    retrycmd_if_failure 5 10 60 systemctl restart kubelet
+    retrycmd_if_failure 30 1 120 systemctl restart kubelet || exit $ERR_GPU_DRIVERS_START_FAIL
 }
diff --git a/parts/k8s/kubernetesinstalls.sh b/parts/k8s/kubernetesinstalls.sh
index 2a77d9edab..043da43da1 100755
--- a/parts/k8s/kubernetesinstalls.sh
+++ b/parts/k8s/kubernetesinstalls.sh
@@ -31,19 +31,22 @@ function installDeps() {
 function installGPUDrivers() {
     rmmod nouveau
     echo blacklist nouveau >> /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf
-    update-initramfs -u
+    retrycmd_if_failure_no_stats 120 5 25 update-initramfs -u || exit $ERR_GPU_DRIVERS_INSTALL_TIMEOUT
     mkdir -p $GPU_DEST
-    retrycmd_if_failure_no_stats 180 1 5 curl -fsSL https://nvidia.github.io/nvidia-docker/gpgkey > /tmp/aptnvidia.gpg || exit $ERR_GPU_DRIVERS_INSTALL_TIMEOUT
-    cat /tmp/aptnvidia.gpg | apt-key add -
-    retrycmd_if_failure_no_stats 180 1 5 curl -fsSL https://nvidia.github.io/nvidia-docker/ubuntu16.04/amd64/nvidia-docker.list > /tmp/nvidia-docker.list || exit  $ERR_GPU_DRIVERS_INSTALL_TIMEOUT
-    cat /tmp/nvidia-docker.list | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/nvidia-docker.list
+    retrycmd_if_failure_no_stats 120 5 25 curl -fsSL https://nvidia.github.io/nvidia-docker/gpgkey > /tmp/aptnvidia.gpg || exit $ERR_GPU_DRIVERS_INSTALL_TIMEOUT
+    wait_for_apt_locks
+    retrycmd_if_failure 120 5 25 apt-key add /tmp/aptnvidia.gpg || exit $ERR_GPU_DRIVERS_INSTALL_TIMEOUT
+    wait_for_apt_locks
+    retrycmd_if_failure_no_stats 120 5 25 curl -fsSL https://nvidia.github.io/nvidia-docker/ubuntu16.04/amd64/nvidia-docker.list > /tmp/nvidia-docker.list || exit  $ERR_GPU_DRIVERS_INSTALL_TIMEOUT
+    wait_for_apt_locks
+    retrycmd_if_failure_no_stats 120 5 25 cat /tmp/nvidia-docker.list > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/nvidia-docker.list
     apt_get_update
     retrycmd_if_failure 30 5 300 apt-get install -y linux-headers-$(uname -r) gcc make dkms || exit $ERR_GPU_DRIVERS_INSTALL_TIMEOUT
-    retrycmd_if_failure 30 5 300 apt-get -o Dpkg::Options::="--force-confold" install -y nvidia-docker2=$NVIDIA_DOCKER_VERSION+docker$DOCKER_VERSION nvidia-container-runtime=$NVIDIA_CONTAINER_RUNTIME_VERSION+docker$DOCKER_VERSION || exit $ERR_GPU_DRIVERS_INSTALL_TIMEOUT
-    pkill -SIGHUP dockerd
-    retrycmd_if_failure 5 10 60 curl -fLS https://us.download.nvidia.com/tesla/$GPU_DV/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-$GPU_DV.run -o $GPU_DEST/nvidia-drivers-$GPU_DV || exit $ERR_GPU_DRIVERS_INSTALL_TIMEOUT
+    retrycmd_if_failure 30 5 300 apt-get -o Dpkg::Options::="--force-confold" install -y nvidia-docker2=${NVIDIA_DOCKER_VERSION}+docker${DOCKER_VERSION} nvidia-container-runtime=${NVIDIA_CONTAINER_RUNTIME_VERSION}+docker${DOCKER_VERSION} || exit $ERR_GPU_DRIVERS_INSTALL_TIMEOUT
+    retrycmd_if_failure 120 5 25 pkill -SIGHUP dockerd || exit $ERR_GPU_DRIVERS_INSTALL_TIMEOUT
+    retrycmd_if_failure 30 5 60 curl -fLS https://us.download.nvidia.com/tesla/$GPU_DV/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-${GPU_DV}.run -o ${GPU_DEST}/nvidia-drivers-${GPU_DV} || exit $ERR_GPU_DRIVERS_INSTALL_TIMEOUT
     mkdir -p $GPU_DEST/lib64 $GPU_DEST/overlay-workdir
-    mount -t overlay -o lowerdir=/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu,upperdir=$GPU_DEST/lib64,workdir=$GPU_DEST/overlay-workdir none /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu
+    retrycmd_if_failure 120 5 25 mount -t overlay -o lowerdir=/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu,upperdir=${GPU_DEST}/lib64,workdir=${GPU_DEST}/overlay-workdir none /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu || exit $ERR_GPU_DRIVERS_INSTALL_TIMEOUT
 }
 
 function installContainerRuntime() {