diff --git a/test/e2e/autoscaler.go b/test/e2e/autoscaler.go
index a230b7a5c044..af3b340a1883 100644
--- a/test/e2e/autoscaler.go
+++ b/test/e2e/autoscaler.go
@@ -16,3 +16,18 @@ func runAutoscalerWithMetricsServerSimpleFlow(test *framework.ClusterE2ETest) {
 		test.CombinedAutoScalerMetricServerTest(autoscalerName, metricServerName, targetNamespace, withMgmtCluster(test))
 	})
 }
+
+func runAutoscalerWithMetricsServerTinkerbellSimpleFlow(test *framework.ClusterE2ETest) {
+	test.GenerateClusterConfig()
+	test.GenerateHardwareConfig()
+	test.PowerOnHardware()
+	test.CreateCluster(framework.WithControlPlaneWaitTimeout("20m"))
+	autoscalerName := "cluster-autoscaler"
+	metricServerName := "metrics-server"
+	targetNamespace := "eksa-packages"
+	test.InstallAutoScalerWithMetricServer(targetNamespace)
+	test.CombinedAutoScalerMetricServerTest(autoscalerName, metricServerName, targetNamespace, withMgmtCluster(test))
+	test.DeleteCluster()
+	test.PowerOffHardware()
+	test.ValidateHardwareDecommissioned()
+}
diff --git a/test/e2e/tinkerbell_test.go b/test/e2e/tinkerbell_test.go
index f40cf54c5ea1..66f794e5cea5 100644
--- a/test/e2e/tinkerbell_test.go
+++ b/test/e2e/tinkerbell_test.go
@@ -489,7 +489,7 @@ func TestTinkerbellKubernetes127UbuntuCuratedPackagesClusterAutoscalerSimpleFlow
 			EksaPackageControllerHelmChartName, EksaPackageControllerHelmURI,
 			EksaPackageControllerHelmVersion, EksaPackageControllerHelmValues, nil),
 	)
-	runAutoscalerWithMetricsServerSimpleFlow(test)
+	runAutoscalerWithMetricsServerTinkerbellSimpleFlow(test)
 }
 
 func TestTinkerbellKubernetes126UbuntuSingleNodeCuratedPackagesFlow(t *testing.T) {
@@ -1001,7 +1001,7 @@ func TestTinkerbellKubernetes128UbuntuCuratedPackagesClusterAutoscalerSimpleFlow
 			EksaPackageControllerHelmChartName, EksaPackageControllerHelmURI,
 			EksaPackageControllerHelmVersion, EksaPackageControllerHelmValues, nil),
 	)
-	runAutoscalerWithMetricsServerSimpleFlow(test)
+	runAutoscalerWithMetricsServerTinkerbellSimpleFlow(test)
 }
 
 // Single node