diff --git a/bindata/network/ovn-kubernetes/ovnkube-node.yaml b/bindata/network/ovn-kubernetes/ovnkube-node.yaml
index a6ff498b37..83a30179a5 100644
--- a/bindata/network/ovn-kubernetes/ovnkube-node.yaml
+++ b/bindata/network/ovn-kubernetes/ovnkube-node.yaml
@@ -105,7 +105,8 @@ spec:
           iptables -t raw -A OUTPUT -p udp --dport {{.GenevePort}} -j NOTRACK
           retries=0
           while true; do
-            db_ip=$(kubectl get ep -n ${ovn_config_namespace} ovnkube-db -o jsonpath='{.subsets[0].addresses[0].ip}')
+            # TODO: change to use '--request-timeout=30s', if https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/issues/49343 is fixed. 
+            db_ip=$(timeout 30 kubectl get ep -n ${ovn_config_namespace} ovnkube-db -o jsonpath='{.subsets[0].addresses[0].ip}')
             if [[ -n "${db_ip}" ]]; then
               break
             fi