diff --git a/ci-operator/config/openshift/metallb/openshift-metallb-release-5.0__dualstack-periodics.yaml b/ci-operator/config/openshift/metallb/openshift-metallb-release-5.0__dualstack-periodics.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..bd5c1b53af610
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ci-operator/config/openshift/metallb/openshift-metallb-release-5.0__dualstack-periodics.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+base_images:
+  dev-scripts:
+    name: test
+    namespace: ocp-kni
+    tag: dev-scripts
+build_root:
+  image_stream_tag:
+    name: release
+    namespace: openshift
+    tag: rhel-8-release-golang-1.16-openshift-4.9
+releases:
+  latest:
+    integration:
+      include_built_images: true
+      name: "5.0"
+      namespace: ocp
+resources:
+  '*':
+    limits:
+      memory: 4Gi
+    requests:
+      cpu: 100m
+      memory: 200Mi
+tests:
+- as: metallb-e2e-metal-dualstack-periodic
+  capabilities:
+  - intranet
+  interval: 72h
+  reporter_config:
+    channel: '#team-metallb-ci-periodic'
+    job_states_to_report:
+    - success
+    - failure
+    - error
+    report_template: '{{if eq .Status.State "success"}} :slack-green: Job *{{.Spec.Job}}*
+      ended with *{{.Status.State}}*. <{{.Status.URL}}|View logs> {{else}} :failed:
+      job *{{.Spec.Job}}* ended with *{{.Status.State}}*. <{{.Status.URL}}|View logs>
+      {{end}}'
+  steps:
+    cluster_profile: equinix-ocp-metal
+    env:
+      DEVSCRIPTS_CONFIG: |
+        IP_STACK=v4v6
+        NETWORK_TYPE=OVNKubernetes
+      E2E_TESTS_CONFIG: |
+        IP_STACK=v4v6
+        BGP_TYPE=frr-k8s-cno
+    workflow: baremetalds-metallb-e2e
+zz_generated_metadata:
+  branch: release-5.0
+  org: openshift
+  repo: metallb
+  variant: dualstack-periodics
diff --git a/ci-operator/jobs/openshift/metallb/openshift-metallb-release-5.0-periodics.yaml b/ci-operator/jobs/openshift/metallb/openshift-metallb-release-5.0-periodics.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..cad6cabb37175
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ci-operator/jobs/openshift/metallb/openshift-metallb-release-5.0-periodics.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,95 @@
+periodics:
+- agent: kubernetes
+  cluster: build09
+  decorate: true
+  decoration_config:
+    skip_cloning: true
+  extra_refs:
+  - base_ref: release-5.0
+    org: openshift
+    repo: metallb
+  interval: 72h
+  labels:
+    capability/intranet: intranet
+    ci-operator.openshift.io/cloud: equinix-ocp-metal
+    ci-operator.openshift.io/cloud-cluster-profile: equinix-ocp-metal
+    ci-operator.openshift.io/variant: dualstack-periodics
+    ci.openshift.io/generator: prowgen
+    pj-rehearse.openshift.io/can-be-rehearsed: "true"
+  name: periodic-ci-openshift-metallb-release-5.0-dualstack-periodics-metallb-e2e-metal-dualstack-periodic
+  reporter_config:
+    slack:
+      channel: '#team-metallb-ci-periodic'
+      job_states_to_report:
+      - success
+      - failure
+      - error
+      report_template: '{{if eq .Status.State "success"}} :slack-green: Job *{{.Spec.Job}}*
+        ended with *{{.Status.State}}*. <{{.Status.URL}}|View logs> {{else}} :failed:
+        job *{{.Spec.Job}}* ended with *{{.Status.State}}*. <{{.Status.URL}}|View
+        logs> {{end}}'
+  spec:
+    containers:
+    - args:
+      - --gcs-upload-secret=/secrets/gcs/service-account.json
+      - --image-import-pull-secret=/etc/pull-secret/.dockerconfigjson
+      - --lease-server-credentials-file=/etc/boskos/credentials
+      - --report-credentials-file=/etc/report/credentials
+      - --secret-dir=/secrets/ci-pull-credentials
+      - --target=metallb-e2e-metal-dualstack-periodic
+      - --variant=dualstack-periodics
+      command:
+      - ci-operator
+      env:
+      - name: HTTP_SERVER_IP
+        valueFrom:
+          fieldRef:
+            fieldPath: status.podIP
+      image: quay-proxy.ci.openshift.org/openshift/ci:ci_ci-operator_latest
+      imagePullPolicy: Always
+      name: ""
+      ports:
+      - containerPort: 8080
+        name: http
+      resources:
+        requests:
+          cpu: 10m
+      volumeMounts:
+      - mountPath: /etc/boskos
+        name: boskos
+        readOnly: true
+      - mountPath: /secrets/ci-pull-credentials
+        name: ci-pull-credentials
+        readOnly: true
+      - mountPath: /secrets/gcs
+        name: gcs-credentials
+        readOnly: true
+      - mountPath: /secrets/manifest-tool
+        name: manifest-tool-local-pusher
+        readOnly: true
+      - mountPath: /etc/pull-secret
+        name: pull-secret
+        readOnly: true
+      - mountPath: /etc/report
+        name: result-aggregator
+        readOnly: true
+    serviceAccountName: ci-operator
+    volumes:
+    - name: boskos
+      secret:
+        items:
+        - key: credentials
+          path: credentials
+        secretName: boskos-credentials
+    - name: ci-pull-credentials
+      secret:
+        secretName: ci-pull-credentials
+    - name: manifest-tool-local-pusher
+      secret:
+        secretName: manifest-tool-local-pusher
+    - name: pull-secret
+      secret:
+        secretName: registry-pull-credentials
+    - name: result-aggregator
+      secret:
+        secretName: result-aggregator
diff --git a/ci-operator/step-registry/baremetalds/metallb-e2e/test/baremetalds-metallb-e2e-test-commands.sh b/ci-operator/step-registry/baremetalds/metallb-e2e/test/baremetalds-metallb-e2e-test-commands.sh
index 204ad2b4d4e14..8a22d45466803 100644
--- a/ci-operator/step-registry/baremetalds/metallb-e2e/test/baremetalds-metallb-e2e-test-commands.sh
+++ b/ci-operator/step-registry/baremetalds/metallb-e2e/test/baremetalds-metallb-e2e-test-commands.sh
@@ -80,8 +80,9 @@ echo "### running metallb E2E tests"
 # setting +e so we won't exit in case of test failure and the artifacts are going to be copied
 set +e
 ssh "${SSHOPTS[@]}" "root@${IP}" "cd /root/dev-scripts/metallb/openshift-ci/ && ${vars} ./run_e2e.sh"
-if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
-  scp "${SSHOPTS[@]}" -r "root@${IP}:/logs/artifacts" "${ARTIFACT_DIR}"
+TEST_EXIT_CODE=$?
+scp "${SSHOPTS[@]}" -r "root@${IP}:/logs/artifacts" "${ARTIFACT_DIR}"
+set -e
+if [ "${TEST_EXIT_CODE}" -ne 0 ]; then
   exit 1
 fi
-set -e