diff --git a/hack/run-e2e-conformance-virtual-cluster.sh b/hack/run-e2e-conformance-virtual-cluster.sh
index 5d78f7a8ce..03e36c11a9 100755
--- a/hack/run-e2e-conformance-virtual-cluster.sh
+++ b/hack/run-e2e-conformance-virtual-cluster.sh
@@ -320,7 +320,11 @@ if [ $(ip a | grep 10.85.0 | wc -l) -eq 0 ]; then ip link del cni0; fi
 EOF
 
 
-kubectl -n kube-system get po | grep multus | awk '{print "kubectl -n kube-system delete po",$1}' | sh
+# remove the patch and return this line after multus bug is fixed
+# https://github.com/k8snetworkplumbingwg/multus-cni/issues/1221
+#kubectl -n kube-system get po | grep multus | awk '{print "kubectl -n kube-system delete po",$1}' | sh
+kubectl patch  -n kube-system ds/kube-multus-ds --type=json -p='[{"op": "replace", "path": "/spec/template/spec/initContainers/0/command", "value":["cp", "-f","/usr/src/multus-cni/bin/multus-shim", "/host/opt/cni/bin/multus-shim"]}]'
+
 kubectl -n kube-system get po | grep coredns | awk '{print "kubectl -n kube-system delete po",$1}' | sh
 
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