diff --git a/t/e2e.t b/t/e2e.t
index 67496ebe..5cc5bc25 100755
--- a/t/e2e.t
+++ b/t/e2e.t
@@ -522,7 +522,10 @@ package SpawnedProcess {
             exec @$cmd;
             die "failed to exec @{[$cmd->[0]]}:$?";
         }
-        while (`netstat -na` !~ /^udp.*\s(127\.0\.0\.1|0\.0\.0\.0|\*)[\.:]$listen_port\s/m) {
+        for (1..10) {
+            if (`netstat -na` =~ /^udp.*\s(127\.0\.0\.1|0\.0\.0\.0|\*)[\.:]$listen_port\s/m) {
+                last;
+            }
             if (waitpid($self->{pid}, POSIX::WNOHANG) == $self->{pid}) {
                 die "failed to launch @{[$cmd->[0]]}:$?";
             }