diff --git a/test/e2e/kubeletconfig.go b/test/e2e/kubeletconfig.go
index d10630abcede..94ef3df5edf7 100644
--- a/test/e2e/kubeletconfig.go
+++ b/test/e2e/kubeletconfig.go
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import (
 
 func runKubeletConfigurationFlow(test *framework.ClusterE2ETest) {
 	test.GenerateClusterConfig()
+	test.GenerateHardwareConfig()
 	test.CreateCluster()
 	test.ValidateKubeletConfig()
 	test.StopIfFailed()
diff --git a/test/e2e/tinkerbell_test.go b/test/e2e/tinkerbell_test.go
index 4cb6bf07400a..796f151d57a7 100644
--- a/test/e2e/tinkerbell_test.go
+++ b/test/e2e/tinkerbell_test.go
@@ -1725,6 +1725,8 @@ func TestTinkerbellKubernetes129KubeletConfigurationSimpleFlow(t *testing.T) {
 		t,
 		framework.NewTinkerbell(t, framework.WithUbuntu129Tinkerbell()),
 		framework.WithClusterFiller(api.WithKubernetesVersion(v1alpha1.Kube129)),
+		framework.WithControlPlaneHardware(1),
+		framework.WithWorkerHardware(1),
 		framework.WithKubeletConfig(),
 	)
 	runKubeletConfigurationFlow(test)
@@ -1735,6 +1737,8 @@ func TestTinkerbellKubernetes130KubeletConfigurationSimpleFlow(t *testing.T) {
 		t,
 		framework.NewTinkerbell(t, framework.WithUbuntu130Tinkerbell()),
 		framework.WithClusterFiller(api.WithKubernetesVersion(v1alpha1.Kube130)),
+		framework.WithControlPlaneHardware(1),
+		framework.WithWorkerHardware(1),
 		framework.WithKubeletConfig(),
 	)
 	runKubeletConfigurationFlow(test)