diff --git a/cmd/gce-pd-csi-driver/main.go b/cmd/gce-pd-csi-driver/main.go
index 18cdce59b..96e75d415 100644
--- a/cmd/gce-pd-csi-driver/main.go
+++ b/cmd/gce-pd-csi-driver/main.go
@@ -33,14 +33,24 @@ import (
 )
 
 var (
-	cloudConfigFilePath  = flag.String("cloud-config", "", "Path to GCE cloud provider config")
-	endpoint             = flag.String("endpoint", "unix:/tmp/csi.sock", "CSI endpoint")
-	runControllerService = flag.Bool("run-controller-service", true, "If set to false then the CSI driver does not activate its controller service (default: true)")
-	runNodeService       = flag.Bool("run-node-service", true, "If set to false then the CSI driver does not activate its node service (default: true)")
-	httpEndpoint         = flag.String("http-endpoint", "", "The TCP network address where the prometheus metrics endpoint will listen (example: `:8080`). The default is empty string, which means metrics endpoint is disabled.")
-	metricsPath          = flag.String("metrics-path", "/metrics", "The HTTP path where prometheus metrics will be exposed. Default is `/metrics`.")
-	extraVolumeLabelsStr = flag.String("extra-labels", "", "Extra labels to attach to each PD created. It is a comma separated list of key value pairs like '<key1>=<value1>,<key2>=<value2>'. See https://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/labeling-resources for details")
-	version              string
+	cloudConfigFilePath       = flag.String("cloud-config", "", "Path to GCE cloud provider config")
+	endpoint                  = flag.String("endpoint", "unix:/tmp/csi.sock", "CSI endpoint")
+	runControllerService      = flag.Bool("run-controller-service", true, "If set to false then the CSI driver does not activate its controller service (default: true)")
+	runNodeService            = flag.Bool("run-node-service", true, "If set to false then the CSI driver does not activate its node service (default: true)")
+	httpEndpoint              = flag.String("http-endpoint", "", "The TCP network address where the prometheus metrics endpoint will listen (example: `:8080`). The default is empty string, which means metrics endpoint is disabled.")
+	metricsPath               = flag.String("metrics-path", "/metrics", "The HTTP path where prometheus metrics will be exposed. Default is `/metrics`.")
+	extraVolumeLabelsStr      = flag.String("extra-labels", "", "Extra labels to attach to each PD created. It is a comma separated list of key value pairs like '<key1>=<value1>,<key2>=<value2>'. See https://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/labeling-resources for details")
+	attachDiskBackoffDuration = flag.Duration("attach-disk-backoff-duration", 5*time.Second, "Duration for attachDisk backoff")
+	attachDiskBackoffFactor   = flag.Float64("attach-disk-backoff-factor", 0.0, "Factor for attachDisk backoff")
+	attachDiskBackoffJitter   = flag.Float64("attach-disk-backoff-jitter", 0.0, "Jitter for attachDisk backoff")
+	attachDiskBackoffSteps    = flag.Int("attach-disk-backoff-steps", 24, "Steps for attachDisk backoff")
+	attachDiskBackoffCap      = flag.Duration("attach-disk-backoff-cap", 0, "Cap for attachDisk backoff")
+	waitForOpBackoffDuration  = flag.Duration("wait-op-backoff-duration", 3*time.Second, "Duration for wait for operation backoff")
+	waitForOpBackoffFactor    = flag.Float64("wait-op-backoff-factor", 0.0, "Factor for wait for operation backoff")
+	waitForOpBackoffJitter    = flag.Float64("wait-op-backoff-jitter", 0.0, "Jitter for wait for operation backoff")
+	waitForOpBackoffSteps     = flag.Int("wait-op-backoff-steps", 100, "Steps for wait for operation backoff")
+	waitForOpBackoffCap       = flag.Duration("wait-op-backoff-cap", 0, "Cap for wait for operation backoff")
+	version                   string
 )
 
 const (
@@ -128,5 +138,17 @@ func handle() {
 		klog.Fatalf("Failed to initialize GCE CSI Driver: %v", err)
 	}
 
+	gce.AttachDiskBackoff.Duration = *attachDiskBackoffDuration
+	gce.AttachDiskBackoff.Factor = *attachDiskBackoffFactor
+	gce.AttachDiskBackoff.Jitter = *attachDiskBackoffJitter
+	gce.AttachDiskBackoff.Steps = *attachDiskBackoffSteps
+	gce.AttachDiskBackoff.Cap = *attachDiskBackoffCap
+
+	gce.WaitForOpBackoff.Duration = *waitForOpBackoffDuration
+	gce.WaitForOpBackoff.Factor = *waitForOpBackoffFactor
+	gce.WaitForOpBackoff.Jitter = *waitForOpBackoffJitter
+	gce.WaitForOpBackoff.Steps = *waitForOpBackoffSteps
+	gce.WaitForOpBackoff.Cap = *waitForOpBackoffCap
+
 	gceDriver.Run(*endpoint)
 }
diff --git a/pkg/gce-cloud-provider/compute/gce-compute.go b/pkg/gce-cloud-provider/compute/gce-compute.go
index cd9235952..1bce9177a 100644
--- a/pkg/gce-cloud-provider/compute/gce-compute.go
+++ b/pkg/gce-cloud-provider/compute/gce-compute.go
@@ -49,6 +49,24 @@ const (
 	GCEAPIVersionBeta GCEAPIVersion = "beta"
 )
 
+// AttachDiskBackoff is backoff used to wait for AttachDisk to complete.
+// Default values are similar to Poll every 5 seconds with 2 minute timeout.
+var AttachDiskBackoff = wait.Backoff{
+	Duration: 5 * time.Second,
+	Factor:   0.0,
+	Jitter:   0.0,
+	Steps:    24,
+	Cap:      0}
+
+// WaitForOpBackoff is backoff used to wait for Global, Regional or Zonal operation to complete.
+// Default values are similar to Poll every 3 seconds with 5 minute timeout.
+var WaitForOpBackoff = wait.Backoff{
+	Duration: 3 * time.Second,
+	Factor:   0.0,
+	Jitter:   0.0,
+	Steps:    100,
+	Cap:      0}
+
 type GCECompute interface {
 	// Metadata information
 	GetDefaultProject() string
@@ -739,7 +757,7 @@ func (cloud *CloudProvider) getRegionalDiskTypeURI(project string, region, diskT
 
 func (cloud *CloudProvider) waitForZonalOp(ctx context.Context, project, opName string, zone string) error {
 	// The v1 API can query for v1, alpha, or beta operations.
-	return wait.Poll(3*time.Second, 5*time.Minute, func() (bool, error) {
+	return wait.ExponentialBackoff(WaitForOpBackoff, func() (bool, error) {
 		pollOp, err := cloud.service.ZoneOperations.Get(project, zone, opName).Context(ctx).Do()
 		if err != nil {
 			klog.Errorf("WaitForOp(op: %s, zone: %#v) failed to poll the operation", opName, zone)
@@ -752,7 +770,7 @@ func (cloud *CloudProvider) waitForZonalOp(ctx context.Context, project, opName
 
 func (cloud *CloudProvider) waitForRegionalOp(ctx context.Context, project, opName string, region string) error {
 	// The v1 API can query for v1, alpha, or beta operations.
-	return wait.Poll(3*time.Second, 5*time.Minute, func() (bool, error) {
+	return wait.ExponentialBackoff(WaitForOpBackoff, func() (bool, error) {
 		pollOp, err := cloud.service.RegionOperations.Get(project, region, opName).Context(ctx).Do()
 		if err != nil {
 			klog.Errorf("WaitForOp(op: %s, region: %#v) failed to poll the operation", opName, region)
@@ -764,7 +782,7 @@ func (cloud *CloudProvider) waitForRegionalOp(ctx context.Context, project, opNa
 }
 
 func (cloud *CloudProvider) waitForGlobalOp(ctx context.Context, project, opName string) error {
-	return wait.Poll(3*time.Second, 5*time.Minute, func() (bool, error) {
+	return wait.ExponentialBackoff(WaitForOpBackoff, func() (bool, error) {
 		pollOp, err := cloud.service.GlobalOperations.Get(project, opName).Context(ctx).Do()
 		if err != nil {
 			klog.Errorf("waitForGlobalOp(op: %s) failed to poll the operation", opName)
@@ -778,7 +796,7 @@ func (cloud *CloudProvider) waitForGlobalOp(ctx context.Context, project, opName
 func (cloud *CloudProvider) WaitForAttach(ctx context.Context, project string, volKey *meta.Key, instanceZone, instanceName string) error {
 	klog.V(5).Infof("Waiting for attach of disk %v to instance %v to complete...", volKey.Name, instanceName)
 	start := time.Now()
-	return wait.Poll(5*time.Second, 2*time.Minute, func() (bool, error) {
+	return wait.ExponentialBackoff(AttachDiskBackoff, func() (bool, error) {
 		klog.V(6).Infof("Polling for attach of disk %v to instance %v to complete for %v", volKey.Name, instanceName, time.Since(start))
 		disk, err := cloud.GetDisk(ctx, project, volKey, GCEAPIVersionV1)
 		if err != nil {