diff --git a/cmd/waitshutdown/main.go b/cmd/waitshutdown/main.go
index 7bc50d9cb..f5162e909 100644
--- a/cmd/waitshutdown/main.go
+++ b/cmd/waitshutdown/main.go
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 func main() {
-	err := exec.Command("bash", "-c", "pkill -SIGTERM -f nginx-ingress-controller").Run()
+	err := exec.Command("bash", "-c", "sleep 5 && pkill -SIGTERM -f nginx-ingress-controller").Run()
 	if err != nil {
 		klog.ErrorS(err, "terminating ingress controller")
 		os.Exit(1)