diff --git a/hack/e2e.sh b/hack/e2e.sh
index afedc9dd4e..738092da91 100755
--- a/hack/e2e.sh
+++ b/hack/e2e.sh
@@ -147,6 +147,16 @@ VSPHERE_SSH_AUTHORIZED_KEY="$(cat "${VSPHERE_SSH_PRIVATE_KEY}.pub")"
 
 # Ensure vSphere is reachable
 function wait_for_vsphere_reachable() {
+  echo "# installing tcptraceroute to check route"
+  {
+  apt-get update && apt-get install -y tcptraceroute
+  } > /dev/null
+
+  echo "$ ip link"
+  ip link
+  echo "$ tcptraceroute ${VSPHERE_SERVER} 443"
+  tcptraceroute "${VSPHERE_SERVER}" 443
+
   local n=0
   until [ $n -ge 300 ]; do
     curl -s -v "https://${VSPHERE_SERVER}/sdk" --connect-timeout 2 -k && RET=$? || RET=$?
@@ -157,15 +167,10 @@ function wait_for_vsphere_reachable() {
     echo "Failed to reach https://${VSPHERE_SERVER}/sdk. Retrying in 1s ($n/300)"
     sleep 1
   done
-  if [ "$RET" -ne 0 ]; then
-    # Output some debug information in case of failing connectivity.
-    echo "$ ip link" 
-    ip link
-    echo "# installing tcptraceroute to check route"
-    apt-get update && apt-get install -y tcptraceroute
-    echo "$ tcptraceroute ${VSPHERE_SERVER} 443"
-    tcptraceroute "${VSPHERE_SERVER}" 443
-  fi
+
+  echo "$ tcptraceroute ${VSPHERE_SERVER} 443"
+  tcptraceroute "${VSPHERE_SERVER}" 443
+
   return "$RET"
 }
 # Only run the boskos/check for IPAM when we need them (not for vcsim)