diff --git a/controllers/cloudinit/scripts/10-disable-default-cni.sh b/controllers/cloudinit/scripts/10-disable-default-cni.sh
index 3cc5ed7..16f35d4 100644
--- a/controllers/cloudinit/scripts/10-disable-default-cni.sh
+++ b/controllers/cloudinit/scripts/10-disable-default-cni.sh
@@ -10,6 +10,11 @@ fi
 
 /capi-scripts/50-wait-apiserver.sh
 
+# todo(eaudetcobello) A bit of a hack, we don't *need* the pod to be ready,
+# we just want to make sure the resources are created before we call kubectl
+# delete.
+microk8s kubectl wait --for=condition=ready pod -l k8s-app=calico-node -n kube-system   
+
 microk8s kubectl delete -f "${CNI_YAML}"
 
 for file in "${CNI_DIR}"/*; do