diff --git a/test/e2e-image/manifests/mandatory.yaml b/test/e2e-image/manifests/mandatory.yaml
index 02e404d1f..7380a67a1 100644
--- a/test/e2e-image/manifests/mandatory.yaml
+++ b/test/e2e-image/manifests/mandatory.yaml
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ metadata:
   labels:
     app.kubernetes.io/name: ingress-nginx
     app.kubernetes.io/part-of: ingress-nginx
+data:
+  worker-processes: "1"
 
 ---
 kind: ConfigMap