diff --git a/test/e2e/settings/ssl_passthrough.go b/test/e2e/settings/ssl_passthrough.go
index 2421d4a90..bde53c557 100644
--- a/test/e2e/settings/ssl_passthrough.go
+++ b/test/e2e/settings/ssl_passthrough.go
@@ -220,48 +220,56 @@ var _ = framework.IngressNginxDescribe("[Flag] enable-ssl-passthrough", func() {
 				}
 				tries := 3
 
-				ginkgo.It("should handle known traffic without Host header", ginkgo.MustPassRepeatedly(tries), func() {
-					f.HTTPTestClientWithTLSConfig(tlsConfig).
-						GET("/").
-						WithURL(url).
-						ForceResolve(f.GetNginxIP(), 443).
-						WithDialContextMiddleware(throttleMiddleware).
-						Expect().
-						Status(http.StatusOK)
+				ginkgo.It("should handle known traffic without Host header", func() {
+					for i := 0; i < tries; i++ {
+						f.HTTPTestClientWithTLSConfig(tlsConfig).
+							GET("/").
+							WithURL(url).
+							ForceResolve(f.GetNginxIP(), 443).
+							WithDialContextMiddleware(throttleMiddleware).
+							Expect().
+							Status(http.StatusOK)
+					}
 				})
 
-				ginkgo.It("should handle insecure traffic without Host header", ginkgo.MustPassRepeatedly(tries), func() {
-					//nolint:gosec // Ignore the gosec error in testing
-					f.HTTPTestClientWithTLSConfig(&tls.Config{ServerName: host, InsecureSkipVerify: true}).
-						GET("/").
-						WithURL(url).
-						ForceResolve(f.GetNginxIP(), 443).
-						WithDialContextMiddleware(throttleMiddleware).
-						Expect().
-						Status(http.StatusOK)
+				ginkgo.It("should handle insecure traffic without Host header", func() {
+					for i := 0; i < tries; i++ {
+						//nolint:gosec // Ignore the gosec error in testing
+						f.HTTPTestClientWithTLSConfig(&tls.Config{ServerName: host, InsecureSkipVerify: true}).
+							GET("/").
+							WithURL(url).
+							ForceResolve(f.GetNginxIP(), 443).
+							WithDialContextMiddleware(throttleMiddleware).
+							Expect().
+							Status(http.StatusOK)
+					}
 				})
 
-				ginkgo.It("should handle known traffic with Host header", ginkgo.MustPassRepeatedly(tries), func() {
-					f.HTTPTestClientWithTLSConfig(tlsConfig).
-						GET("/").
-						WithURL(url).
-						WithHeader("Host", host).
-						ForceResolve(f.GetNginxIP(), 443).
-						WithDialContextMiddleware(throttleMiddleware).
-						Expect().
-						Status(http.StatusOK)
+				ginkgo.It("should handle known traffic with Host header", func() {
+					for i := 0; i < tries; i++ {
+						f.HTTPTestClientWithTLSConfig(tlsConfig).
+							GET("/").
+							WithURL(url).
+							WithHeader("Host", host).
+							ForceResolve(f.GetNginxIP(), 443).
+							WithDialContextMiddleware(throttleMiddleware).
+							Expect().
+							Status(http.StatusOK)
+					}
 				})
 
-				ginkgo.It("should handle insecure traffic with Host header", ginkgo.MustPassRepeatedly(tries), func() {
-					//nolint:gosec // Ignore the gosec error in testing
-					f.HTTPTestClientWithTLSConfig(&tls.Config{ServerName: host, InsecureSkipVerify: true}).
-						GET("/").
-						WithURL(url).
-						WithHeader("Host", host).
-						ForceResolve(f.GetNginxIP(), 443).
-						WithDialContextMiddleware(throttleMiddleware).
-						Expect().
-						Status(http.StatusOK)
+				ginkgo.It("should handle insecure traffic with Host header", func() {
+					for i := 0; i < tries; i++ {
+						//nolint:gosec // Ignore the gosec error in testing
+						f.HTTPTestClientWithTLSConfig(&tls.Config{ServerName: host, InsecureSkipVerify: true}).
+							GET("/").
+							WithURL(url).
+							WithHeader("Host", host).
+							ForceResolve(f.GetNginxIP(), 443).
+							WithDialContextMiddleware(throttleMiddleware).
+							Expect().
+							Status(http.StatusOK)
+					}
 				})
 			})
 		})