diff --git a/.pipelines/cni/k8s-e2e/k8s-e2e-job-template.yaml b/.pipelines/cni/k8s-e2e/k8s-e2e-job-template.yaml
index 39b91e3bd7..2ebc576077 100644
--- a/.pipelines/cni/k8s-e2e/k8s-e2e-job-template.yaml
+++ b/.pipelines/cni/k8s-e2e/k8s-e2e-job-template.yaml
@@ -34,6 +34,21 @@ jobs:
             tar -xvzf kubernetes-test-linux-amd64.tar.gz --strip-components=3 kubernetes/test/bin/ginkgo kubernetes/test/bin/e2e.test
 
         displayName: "Setup Environment"
+      - ${{ if contains(parameters.os, 'windows') }}:
+        - script: |
+            set -e
+            kubectl apply -f test/integration/manifests/load/privileged-daemonset-windows.yaml
+            kubectl rollout status -n kube-system ds privileged-daemonset
+
+            kubectl get pod -n kube-system -l app=privileged-daemonset,os=windows -owide
+            pods=`kubectl get pod -n kube-system -l app=privileged-daemonset,os=windows --no-headers | awk '{print $1}'`
+            for pod in $pods; do
+              kubectl exec -i -n kube-system $pod -- powershell "Restart-Service kubeproxy"
+              kubectl exec -i -n kube-system $pod -- powershell "Get-Service kubeproxy"
+            done
+          name: kubeproxy
+          displayName: Restart Kubeproxy on Windows nodes
+          retryCountOnTaskFailure: 3
       - ${{ if eq(parameters.datapath, true) }}:
         - template: ../k8s-e2e/k8s-e2e-step-template.yaml
           parameters: