diff --git a/e2e/internal/kubeclient/deploy.go b/e2e/internal/kubeclient/deploy.go
index 238a380492..356152d7b8 100644
--- a/e2e/internal/kubeclient/deploy.go
+++ b/e2e/internal/kubeclient/deploy.go
@@ -333,9 +333,9 @@ func (c *Kubeclient) Delete(ctx context.Context, objects ...*unstructured.Unstru
 	return nil
 }
 
-// RestartDeployment restarts a deployment by deleting all of its pods.
-func (c *Kubeclient) RestartDeployment(ctx context.Context, namespace, name string) error {
-	pods, err := c.PodsFromDeployment(ctx, namespace, name)
+// Restart a resource by deleting all of its dependent pods.
+func (c *Kubeclient) Restart(ctx context.Context, resource ResourceWaiter, namespace, name string) error {
+	pods, err := resource.getPods(ctx, c, namespace, name)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
diff --git a/e2e/openssl/openssl_test.go b/e2e/openssl/openssl_test.go
index cb3a7d3af0..f4acbe0fea 100644
--- a/e2e/openssl/openssl_test.go
+++ b/e2e/openssl/openssl_test.go
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ func TestOpenSSL(t *testing.T) {
 			ct.Set(t)
 
 			// Restart one deployment so it has the new certificates.
-			require.NoError(c.RestartDeployment(ctx, ct.Namespace, deploymentToRestart))
+			require.NoError(c.Restart(ctx, kubeclient.Deployment{}, ct.Namespace, deploymentToRestart))
 			require.NoError(c.WaitFor(ctx, kubeclient.Deployment{}, ct.Namespace, deploymentToRestart))
 
 			// This should not succeed because the certificates have changed.
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ func TestOpenSSL(t *testing.T) {
 			if deploymentToRestart == opensslBackend {
 				d = opensslFrontend
 			}
-			require.NoError(c.RestartDeployment(ctx, ct.Namespace, d))
+			require.NoError(c.Restart(ctx, kubeclient.Deployment{}, ct.Namespace, d))
 			require.NoError(c.WaitFor(ctx, kubeclient.Deployment{}, ct.Namespace, d))
 
 			// This should succeed since both workloads now have updated certificates.