diff --git a/pkg/util/log/http_sink_test.go b/pkg/util/log/http_sink_test.go
index 7176a99ddaf6..57ecaad35c2f 100644
--- a/pkg/util/log/http_sink_test.go
+++ b/pkg/util/log/http_sink_test.go
@@ -161,7 +161,8 @@ func testBase(
 	// to accommodate for the overhead of the logging call compared to
 	// the timeout in the HTTP request.
 	if deadline > 0 && logDuration > deadline {
-		t.Error("Log call exceeded timeout")
+		require.LessOrEqualf(t, logDuration, deadline,
+			"Log call exceeded timeout, expected to be less than %s, got %s", deadline.String(), logDuration.String())
 	}
 
 	if hangServer {
@@ -234,7 +235,7 @@ func TestHTTPSinkTimeout(t *testing.T) {
 		},
 	}
 
-	testBase(t, defaults, nil /* testFn */, true /* hangServer */, 500*time.Millisecond, time.Duration(0))
+	testBase(t, defaults, nil /* testFn */, true /* hangServer */, 1*time.Second, time.Duration(0))
 }
 
 // TestHTTPSinkContentTypeJSON verifies that the HTTP sink content type