diff --git a/test/e2e/settings/global_external_auth.go b/test/e2e/settings/global_external_auth.go
index d8159ad93..7960b6ca7 100755
--- a/test/e2e/settings/global_external_auth.go
+++ b/test/e2e/settings/global_external_auth.go
@@ -101,6 +101,10 @@ var _ = framework.DescribeSetting("[Security] global-auth-url", func() {
 
 			ginkgo.By("Adding a no-auth-locations for /bar to configMap")
 			f.UpdateNginxConfigMapData(noAuthSetting, noAuthLocations)
+			f.WaitForNginxServer(host,
+				func(server string) bool {
+					return strings.Contains(server, noAuthLocations)
+				})
 
 			ginkgo.By("Sending a request to protected service /foo")
 			f.HTTPTestClient().