diff --git a/ci-operator/templates/openshift/openshift-ansible/cluster-launch-e2e-40.yaml b/ci-operator/templates/openshift/openshift-ansible/cluster-launch-e2e-40.yaml
index f89111ca41865..936815bc920b0 100644
--- a/ci-operator/templates/openshift/openshift-ansible/cluster-launch-e2e-40.yaml
+++ b/ci-operator/templates/openshift/openshift-ansible/cluster-launch-e2e-40.yaml
@@ -157,16 +157,17 @@ objects:
           break
         done
 
-        i=0
-        MAX_RETRIES=10
-        wait_expiry_ts="$(($(date +%s) + 90))"
-        until oc --request-timeout=80s rollout status "${ROUTER_DEPLOYMENT}" -n "${ROUTER_NAMESPACE}" -w; do
-            i=$((i+1))
-            [ $i -eq $MAX_RETRIES ] && echo "timeout waiting for ${ROUTER_NAMESPACE}/${ROUTER_DEPLOYMENT} to be available" && exit 1
-            echo "error ${ROUTER_NAMESPACE}/${ROUTER_DEPLOYMENT} did not come up"
-            sleep "$((wait_expiry_ts - $(date +%s)))"
-            wait_expiry_ts="$(($(date +%s) + 90))"
+        TARGET="$(date -d '10 minutes' +%s)"
+        NOW="$(date +%s)"
+        while [[ "${NOW}" -lt "${TARGET}" ]]; do
+          REMAINING="$((TARGET - NOW))"
+          if oc --request-timeout="${REMAINING}s" rollout status "${ROUTER_DEPLOYMENT}" -n "${ROUTER_NAMESPACE}" -w; then
+            break
+          fi
+          sleep 2
+          NOW="$(date +%s)"
         done
+        [[ "${NOW}" -ge "${TARGET}" ]] && echo "timeout waiting for ${ROUTER_NAMESPACE}/${ROUTER_DEPLOYMENT} to be available" && exit 1
 
         # set up cloud-provider-specific env vars
         if [[ "${CLUSTER_TYPE}" == "gcp" ]]; then