diff --git a/connectivity/check/deployment.go b/connectivity/check/deployment.go
index bab81ee21c..1b508eab5f 100644
--- a/connectivity/check/deployment.go
+++ b/connectivity/check/deployment.go
@@ -1280,15 +1280,14 @@ func (ct *ConnectivityTest) validateDeployment(ctx context.Context) error {
 	}
 
 	if ct.Features[features.IngressController].Enabled {
-		ingressServices, err := ct.clients.src.ListServices(ctx, ct.params.TestNamespace, metav1.ListOptions{LabelSelector: "cilium.io/ingress=true"})
-		if err != nil {
-			return fmt.Errorf("unable to list ingress services: %w", err)
-		}
-
-		for _, ingressService := range ingressServices.Items {
-			ct.ingressService[ingressService.Name] = Service{
-				Service: ingressService.DeepCopy(),
+		for name := range ct.ingresses() {
+			svcName := fmt.Sprintf("cilium-ingress-%s", name)
+			svc, err := WaitForServiceRetrieval(ctx, ct, ct.client, ct.params.TestNamespace, svcName)
+			if err != nil {
+				return err
 			}
+
+			ct.ingressService[svcName] = svc
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/connectivity/check/wait.go b/connectivity/check/wait.go
index 4cffe30fb2..0150c02b24 100644
--- a/connectivity/check/wait.go
+++ b/connectivity/check/wait.go
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/cilium/cilium/api/v1/models"
 	"golang.org/x/exp/slices"
+	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 
 	"github.com/cilium/cilium-cli/defaults"
 	"github.com/cilium/cilium-cli/k8s"
@@ -134,6 +135,29 @@ func WaitForCoreDNS(ctx context.Context, log Logger, client Pod) error {
 	}
 }
 
+// Service waits until the specified service is created and can be retrieved.
+func WaitForServiceRetrieval(ctx context.Context, log Logger, client *k8s.Client, namespace string, name string) (Service, error) {
+	log.Logf("⌛ [%s] Retrieving service %s/%s ...", client.ClusterName(), namespace, name)
+
+	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(ctx, ShortTimeout)
+	defer cancel()
+	for {
+		svc, err := client.GetService(ctx, namespace, name, metav1.GetOptions{})
+		if err == nil {
+			return Service{Service: svc.DeepCopy()}, nil
+		}
+
+		log.Debugf("[%s] Failed to retrieve Service %s/%s: %s", client.ClusterName(), namespace, name, err)
+
+		select {
+		case <-time.After(PollInterval):
+		case <-ctx.Done():
+			return Service{}, fmt.Errorf("timeout reached waiting for service %s/%s to be retrieved (last error: %w)",
+				namespace, name, err)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
 // WaitForService waits until the given service is synchronized in CoreDNS.
 func WaitForService(ctx context.Context, log Logger, client Pod, service Service) error {
 	log.Logf("⌛ [%s] Waiting for Service %s to become ready...", client.K8sClient.ClusterName(), service.Name())