diff --git a/cloudinit/sources/DataSourceAzure.py b/cloudinit/sources/DataSourceAzure.py
index 81414f92b17..65ed990a483 100755
--- a/cloudinit/sources/DataSourceAzure.py
+++ b/cloudinit/sources/DataSourceAzure.py
@@ -530,7 +530,7 @@ def crawl_metadata(self):
         # If we require IMDS metadata, try harder to obtain networking, waiting
         # for at least 20 minutes.  Otherwise only wait 5 minutes.
         requires_imds_metadata = bool(self._iso_dev) or not ovf_is_accessible
-        timeout_minutes = 5 if requires_imds_metadata else 20
+        timeout_minutes = 20 if requires_imds_metadata else 5
         try:
             self._setup_ephemeral_networking(timeout_minutes=timeout_minutes)
         except NoDHCPLeaseError:
diff --git a/tests/unittests/sources/test_azure.py b/tests/unittests/sources/test_azure.py
index 21e2201260e..f9f65c48ce6 100644
--- a/tests/unittests/sources/test_azure.py
+++ b/tests/unittests/sources/test_azure.py
@@ -49,6 +49,16 @@ def azure_ds(paths):
         yield dsaz.DataSourceAzure(sys_cfg={}, distro=mock.Mock(), paths=paths)
 
 
+@pytest.fixture
+def mock_wrapping_setup_ephemeral_networking(azure_ds):
+    with mock.patch.object(
+        azure_ds,
+        "_setup_ephemeral_networking",
+        wraps=azure_ds._setup_ephemeral_networking,
+    ) as m:
+        yield m
+
+
 @pytest.fixture
 def mock_azure_helper_readurl():
     with mock.patch(
@@ -4013,6 +4023,7 @@ def provisioning_setup(
         mock_util_load_file,
         mock_util_mount_cb,
         mock_util_write_file,
+        mock_wrapping_setup_ephemeral_networking,
     ):
         self.azure_ds = azure_ds
         self.mock_azure_get_metadata_from_fabric = (
@@ -4039,6 +4050,9 @@ def provisioning_setup(
         self.mock_util_load_file = mock_util_load_file
         self.mock_util_mount_cb = mock_util_mount_cb
         self.mock_util_write_file = mock_util_write_file
+        self.mock_wrapping_setup_ephemeral_networking = (
+            mock_wrapping_setup_ephemeral_networking
+        )
 
         self.imds_md = {
             "extended": {"compute": {"ppsType": "None"}},
@@ -4095,6 +4109,9 @@ def test_no_pps(self):
         ]
 
         # Verify DHCP is setup once.
+        assert self.mock_wrapping_setup_ephemeral_networking.mock_calls == [
+            mock.call(timeout_minutes=20)
+        ]
         assert self.mock_net_dhcp_maybe_perform_dhcp_discovery.mock_calls == [
             mock.call(None, dsaz.dhcp_log_cb)
         ]
@@ -4182,6 +4199,10 @@ def test_running_pps(self):
         ]
 
         # Verify DHCP is setup twice.
+        assert self.mock_wrapping_setup_ephemeral_networking.mock_calls == [
+            mock.call(timeout_minutes=20),
+            mock.call(timeout_minutes=5),
+        ]
         assert self.mock_net_dhcp_maybe_perform_dhcp_discovery.mock_calls == [
             mock.call(None, dsaz.dhcp_log_cb),
             mock.call(None, dsaz.dhcp_log_cb),
@@ -4301,6 +4322,10 @@ def test_savable_pps(self):
         ]
 
         # Verify DHCP is setup twice.
+        assert self.mock_wrapping_setup_ephemeral_networking.mock_calls == [
+            mock.call(timeout_minutes=20),
+            mock.call(iface="ethAttached1", timeout_minutes=20),
+        ]
         assert self.mock_net_dhcp_maybe_perform_dhcp_discovery.mock_calls == [
             mock.call(None, dsaz.dhcp_log_cb),
             mock.call("ethAttached1", dsaz.dhcp_log_cb),