diff --git a/test/e2e/common/kubelet.go b/test/e2e/common/kubelet.go
index 09575cda512..7894fb10139 100644
--- a/test/e2e/common/kubelet.go
+++ b/test/e2e/common/kubelet.go
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ var _ = framework.KubeDescribe("Kubelet", func() {
 				buf.ReadFrom(rc)
 				hostsFileContent := buf.String()
 
-				if !strings.Contains(hostsFileContent, "123.45.67.89\tfoo") || !strings.Contains(hostsFileContent, "123.45.67.89\tbar") {
+				if !strings.Contains(hostsFileContent, "123.45.67.89\tfoo\tbar") {
 					return fmt.Errorf("expected hosts file to contain entries from HostAliases. Got:\n%+v", hostsFileContent)
 				}