diff --git a/packages/eslint/src/plugins/plugin.ts b/packages/eslint/src/plugins/plugin.ts
index df3dd69c056375..1d293d1582feb4 100644
--- a/packages/eslint/src/plugins/plugin.ts
+++ b/packages/eslint/src/plugins/plugin.ts
@@ -26,6 +26,9 @@ export const createNodes: CreateNodes<EslintPluginOptions> = [
   (configFilePath, options, context) => {
     options = normalizeOptions(options);
 
+    // TODO: Figure out why this is required to protect against failures in e2e-run
+    (context as any).workspaceFiles = context.workspaceFiles ?? [];
+
     const configDir = dirname(configFilePath);
     if (configDir === '.') {
       return {
@@ -53,24 +56,23 @@ function getProjectsUsingRootESLintConfig(
   context: CreateNodesContext
 ): CreateNodesResult['projects'] {
   const projects: CreateNodesResult['projects'] = {};
-  const workspaceFiles = context.workspaceFiles ?? [];
 
   // If there's no src folder, it's not a standalone project, so a project.json would be explicitly required to add the root to the mapping
   const isStandaloneWorkspace =
-    workspaceFiles.some((f) => f.startsWith('src')) &&
-    workspaceFiles.includes('package.json');
+    context.workspaceFiles.some((f) => f.startsWith('src')) &&
+    context.workspaceFiles.includes('package.json');
   if (isStandaloneWorkspace) {
     projects['.'] = {
       targets: buildEslintTargets([configFilePath], '.', options, true),
     };
-  } else if (workspaceFiles.includes('project.json')) {
+  } else if (context.workspaceFiles.includes('project.json')) {
     projects['.'] = {
       targets: buildEslintTargets([configFilePath], '.', options),
     };
   }
 
   // Some nested projects may require a lint target based on this root level config as well (in the case they don't have their own)
-  const childProjectRoots = workspaceFiles
+  const childProjectRoots = context.workspaceFiles
     .filter(
       (f) =>
         f.includes('/') &&
@@ -82,7 +84,9 @@ function getProjectsUsingRootESLintConfig(
   const childProjectsWithoutEslintConfig = childProjectRoots.filter(
     (childProjectRoot) =>
       !ESLINT_CONFIG_FILENAMES.some((eslintConfigFile) =>
-        workspaceFiles.includes(join(childProjectRoot, eslintConfigFile))
+        context.workspaceFiles.includes(
+          join(childProjectRoot, eslintConfigFile)
+        )
       )
   );