diff --git a/lint.ignore b/lint.ignore
index 672a5412a3fd4f..6d12f2b94bc98d 100644
--- a/lint.ignore
+++ b/lint.ignore
@@ -311,6 +311,7 @@ SET TIMEOUT: webaudio/the-audio-api/the-mediaelementaudiosourcenode-interface/me
 SET TIMEOUT: webauthn/*timeout.https.html
 SET TIMEOUT: webdriver/*
 SET TIMEOUT: webmessaging/*
+SET TIMEOUT: webnn/resources/utils.js
 SET TIMEOUT: webrtc-encoded-transform/script-metadata-transform-worker.js
 SET TIMEOUT: webrtc-encoded-transform/script-transform-generateKeyFrame.js
 SET TIMEOUT: webrtc-encoded-transform/script-transform-sendKeyFrameRequest.js
diff --git a/webnn/resources/utils.js b/webnn/resources/utils.js
index 82941300705d29..56e95147567745 100644
--- a/webnn/resources/utils.js
+++ b/webnn/resources/utils.js
@@ -208,8 +208,21 @@ async function getContext() {
   try {
     context = await navigator.ml.createContext(contextOptions);
   } catch (e) {
-    throw new AssertionError(
-        `Unable to create context for ${variant} variant. ${e}`);
+    // A previous test case may kill the GPU process on which the WebNN service
+    // runs. If you call `createContext` again immediately before the GPU
+    // process restarts, it will fail again. So wait a moment and retry.
+    if (e.message.includes('WebNN service connection error.')) {
+      await new Promise(resolve => setTimeout(resolve, 3000));
+      try {
+        context = await navigator.ml.createContext(contextOptions);
+      } catch (retryError) {
+        throw new AssertionError(
+            `Unable to create context for ${variant} variant on retry. ${retryError}`);
+      }
+    } else {
+      throw new AssertionError(
+          `Unable to create context for ${variant} variant. ${e}`);
+    }
   }
   return context;
 }