diff --git a/util/errors/errors.go b/util/errors/errors.go
index 72ba55aac774..b2dd3c0ebbf4 100644
--- a/util/errors/errors.go
+++ b/util/errors/errors.go
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ func isTransientErr(err error) bool {
 		isResourceQuotaTimeoutErr(err) ||
 		isTransientNetworkErr(err) ||
 		apierr.IsServerTimeout(err) ||
+		apierr.IsInternalError(err) ||
 		apierr.IsTimeout(err) ||
 		apierr.IsServiceUnavailable(err) ||
 		isTransientEtcdErr(err) ||
diff --git a/util/errors/errors_test.go b/util/errors/errors_test.go
index 5654ff668ab2..b2844137cbb2 100644
--- a/util/errors/errors_test.go
+++ b/util/errors/errors_test.go
@@ -69,8 +69,9 @@ func TestIsTransientErr(t *testing.T) {
 		assert.Contains(t, hook.LastEntry().Msg, "Transient error")
 	})
 	t.Run("ResourceQuotaTimeoutErr", func(t *testing.T) {
-		assert.False(t, IsTransientErr(ctx, apierr.NewInternalError(errors.New(""))))
+		assert.True(t, IsTransientErr(ctx, apierr.NewInternalError(errors.New(""))))
 		assert.True(t, IsTransientErr(ctx, apierr.NewInternalError(errors.New("resource quota evaluation timed out"))))
+		assert.True(t, IsTransientErr(ctx, apierr.NewInternalError(errors.New("some other transient 500"))))
 	})
 	t.Run("ExceededQuotaErr", func(t *testing.T) {
 		assert.False(t, IsTransientErr(ctx, apierr.NewForbidden(schema.GroupResource{}, "", nil)))