diff --git a/test/extended/prometheus/prometheus.go b/test/extended/prometheus/prometheus.go
index 8f6d721b5545..f67449b1e1b6 100644
--- a/test/extended/prometheus/prometheus.go
+++ b/test/extended/prometheus/prometheus.go
@@ -551,7 +551,8 @@ var _ = g.Describe("[sig-instrumentation] Prometheus [apigroup:image.openshift.i
 			}
 
 			tests := map[string]bool{
-				fmt.Sprintf(`ALERTS{alertname!~"%s",alertstate="firing",severity!="info"} >= 1`, strings.Join(allowedAlertNames, "|")): false,
+				// openshift-e2e-loki alerts should never fail this test, we've seen this happen on daemon set rollout stuck when CI loki was down.
+				fmt.Sprintf(`ALERTS{alertname!~"%s",alertstate="firing",severity!="info",namespace!="openshift-e2e-loki"} >= 1`, strings.Join(allowedAlertNames, "|")): false,
 			}
 			err := helper.RunQueries(context.TODO(), oc.NewPrometheusClient(context.TODO()), tests, oc)
 			o.Expect(err).NotTo(o.HaveOccurred())