diff --git a/scheduler/pkg/agent/client.go b/scheduler/pkg/agent/client.go
index c947f5cf39..9cc86bfa73 100644
--- a/scheduler/pkg/agent/client.go
+++ b/scheduler/pkg/agent/client.go
@@ -236,8 +236,7 @@ func (c *Client) Start() error {
 		logFailure := func(err error, delay time.Duration) {
 			c.logger.WithError(err).Errorf("Scheduler not ready")
 		}
-		backOffExp := backoff.NewExponentialBackOff()
-		backOffExp.MaxElapsedTime = 0 // Never stop due to large time between calls
+		backOffExp := util.GetClientExponentialBackoff()
 		err := backoff.RetryNotify(c.StartService, backOffExp, logFailure)
 		if err != nil {
 			c.logger.WithError(err).Fatal("Failed to start client")
diff --git a/scheduler/pkg/kafka/gateway/client.go b/scheduler/pkg/kafka/gateway/client.go
index 234169e3d9..9623d79ef7 100644
--- a/scheduler/pkg/kafka/gateway/client.go
+++ b/scheduler/pkg/kafka/gateway/client.go
@@ -118,11 +118,7 @@ func (kc *KafkaSchedulerClient) Start() error {
 		logFailure := func(err error, delay time.Duration) {
 			kc.logger.WithError(err).Errorf("Scheduler not ready")
 		}
-		backOffExp := backoff.NewExponentialBackOff()
-		// Set some reasonable settings for trying to reconnect to scheduler
-		backOffExp.MaxElapsedTime = 0 // Never stop due to large time between calls
-		backOffExp.MaxInterval = time.Second * 15
-		backOffExp.InitialInterval = time.Second
+		backOffExp := util.GetClientExponentialBackoff()
 		err := backoff.RetryNotify(kc.SubscribeModelEvents, backOffExp, logFailure)
 		if err != nil {
 			kc.logger.WithError(err).Fatal("Failed to start modelgateway client")
diff --git a/scheduler/pkg/kafka/pipeline/status/client.go b/scheduler/pkg/kafka/pipeline/status/client.go
index f0aebbb555..20ce757b34 100644
--- a/scheduler/pkg/kafka/pipeline/status/client.go
+++ b/scheduler/pkg/kafka/pipeline/status/client.go
@@ -124,11 +124,7 @@ func (pc *PipelineSchedulerClient) Start(host string, plainTxtPort int, tlsPort
 		logFailure := func(err error, delay time.Duration) {
 			logger.WithError(err).Errorf("Scheduler not ready")
 		}
-		backOffExp := backoff.NewExponentialBackOff()
-		// Set some reasonable settings for trying to reconnect to scheduler
-		backOffExp.MaxElapsedTime = 0 // Never stop due to large time between calls
-		backOffExp.MaxInterval = time.Second * 15
-		backOffExp.InitialInterval = time.Second
+		backOffExp := util.GetClientExponentialBackoff()
 		err = backoff.RetryNotify(pc.SubscribePipelineEvents, backOffExp, logFailure)
 		if err != nil {
 			logger.WithError(err).Fatal("Failed to start pipeline gateway client")
diff --git a/scheduler/pkg/util/grpc.go b/scheduler/pkg/util/grpc.go
index 5b1520b3af..3ed6fc4235 100644
--- a/scheduler/pkg/util/grpc.go
+++ b/scheduler/pkg/util/grpc.go
@@ -9,7 +9,12 @@ the Change License after the Change Date as each is defined in accordance with t
 
 package util
 
-import "google.golang.org/grpc/keepalive"
+import (
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/cenkalti/backoff/v4"
+	"google.golang.org/grpc/keepalive"
+)
 
 func GetClientKeepAliveParameters() keepalive.ClientParameters {
 	return keepalive.ClientParameters{
@@ -25,3 +30,11 @@ func GetServerKeepAliveEnforcementPolicy() keepalive.EnforcementPolicy {
 		PermitWithoutStream: gRPCKeepAlivePermit,
 	}
 }
+
+func GetClientExponentialBackoff() *backoff.ExponentialBackOff {
+	backOffExp := backoff.NewExponentialBackOff()
+	backOffExp.MaxElapsedTime = 0 // Never stop due to large time between calls
+	backOffExp.MaxInterval = time.Second * 15
+	backOffExp.InitialInterval = time.Second
+	return backOffExp
+}