diff --git a/translator/translate/logs/util/get_eks_cluster_name.go b/translator/translate/logs/util/get_eks_cluster_name.go
index 356892ad51..f5aa8539af 100644
--- a/translator/translate/logs/util/get_eks_cluster_name.go
+++ b/translator/translate/logs/util/get_eks_cluster_name.go
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import (
 const (
 	EKSClusterNameTagKeyPrefix = "kubernetes.io/cluster/"
 	defaultRetryCount          = 5
+	defaultBackoffDuration     = time.Duration(1 * time.Minute)
 )
 
 var (
@@ -111,12 +112,15 @@ func callFuncWithRetries(fn func(input *ec2.DescribeTagsInput) (*ec2.DescribeTag
 
 // sleep some back off time before retries.
 func backoffSleep(i int) {
-	//save the sleep time for the last occurrence since it will exit the loop immediately after the sleep
-	backoffDuration := time.Duration(time.Minute * 1)
-	if i <= defaultRetryCount {
-		backoffDuration = sleeps[i]
-	}
-
+	backoffDuration := getBackoffDuration(i)
 	log.Printf("W! It is the %v time, going to sleep %v before retrying.", i, backoffDuration)
 	time.Sleep(backoffDuration)
 }
+
+func getBackoffDuration(i int) time.Duration {
+	backoffDuration := defaultBackoffDuration
+	if i >= 0 && i < len(sleeps) {
+		backoffDuration = sleeps[i]
+	}
+	return backoffDuration
+}
diff --git a/translator/translate/logs/util/get_eks_cluster_name_test.go b/translator/translate/logs/util/get_eks_cluster_name_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e3b8dd0d80
--- /dev/null
+++ b/translator/translate/logs/util/get_eks_cluster_name_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+// Copyright Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates. All Rights Reserved.
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
+
+package util
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+)
+
+func TestGetBackoffDuration(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	duration := getBackoffDuration(-1)
+	assert.Equal(t, defaultBackoffDuration, duration)
+
+	for i := range sleeps {
+		duration := getBackoffDuration(i)
+		assert.Equal(t, sleeps[i], duration)
+	}
+
+	duration = getBackoffDuration(len(sleeps))
+	assert.Equal(t, defaultBackoffDuration, duration)
+}