diff --git a/test/e2e/scale_test.go b/test/e2e/scale_test.go
index 6478ae2ed2e7..e72b58fa9e9e 100644
--- a/test/e2e/scale_test.go
+++ b/test/e2e/scale_test.go
@@ -24,7 +24,26 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/utils/pointer"
 )
 
-var _ = Describe("When scale testing using in-memory provider [Scale]", func() {
+var _ = Describe("When testing the machinery for scale testing using in-memory provider", func() {
+	scaleSpec(ctx, func() scaleSpecInput {
+		return scaleSpecInput{
+			E2EConfig:                e2eConfig,
+			ClusterctlConfigPath:     clusterctlConfigPath,
+			InfrastructureProvider:   pointer.String("in-memory"),
+			BootstrapClusterProxy:    bootstrapClusterProxy,
+			ArtifactFolder:           artifactFolder,
+			ClusterCount:             pointer.Int64(10),
+			Concurrency:              pointer.Int64(5),
+			Flavor:                   pointer.String(""),
+			ControlPlaneMachineCount: pointer.Int64(1),
+			MachineDeploymentCount:   pointer.Int64(1),
+			WorkerMachineCount:       pointer.Int64(3),
+			SkipCleanup:              skipCleanup,
+		}
+	})
+})
+
+var _ = Describe("When scale testing using in-memory provider  [Scale]", func() {
 	scaleSpec(ctx, func() scaleSpecInput {
 		return scaleSpecInput{
 			E2EConfig:                e2eConfig,