diff --git a/test/e2e/vm/block_device_hotplug.go b/test/e2e/vm/block_device_hotplug.go
index 1c2c268e80..e7562489d2 100644
--- a/test/e2e/vm/block_device_hotplug.go
+++ b/test/e2e/vm/block_device_hotplug.go
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ func setupVM(f *framework.Framework, withBlank bool) (
 	vm = vmbuilder.New(
 		vmbuilder.WithName("vm"),
 		vmbuilder.WithNamespace(f.Namespace().Name),
-		vmbuilder.WithCPU(1, ptr.To("5%")),
+		vmbuilder.WithCPU(1, ptr.To("100%")),
 		vmbuilder.WithMemory(resource.MustParse("256Mi")),
 		vmbuilder.WithLiveMigrationPolicy(v1alpha2.AlwaysSafeMigrationPolicy),
 		vmbuilder.WithVirtualMachineClass(object.DefaultVMClass),