diff --git a/deps/rabbit/src/rabbit_feature_flags.erl b/deps/rabbit/src/rabbit_feature_flags.erl
index c81f7573ed6e..9ccd299080d0 100644
--- a/deps/rabbit/src/rabbit_feature_flags.erl
+++ b/deps/rabbit/src/rabbit_feature_flags.erl
@@ -126,9 +126,6 @@
          get_overriden_running_nodes/0]).
 -endif.
 
-%% Default timeout for operations on remote nodes.
--define(TIMEOUT, 60000).
-
 -type feature_flag_modattr() :: {feature_name(),
                                  feature_props()}.
 %% The value of a `-rabbitmq_feature_flag()' module attribute used to
diff --git a/deps/rabbit/src/rabbit_ff_controller.erl b/deps/rabbit/src/rabbit_ff_controller.erl
index 1c8ff2a3055e..eaebd4448aea 100644
--- a/deps/rabbit/src/rabbit_ff_controller.erl
+++ b/deps/rabbit/src/rabbit_ff_controller.erl
@@ -1186,9 +1186,32 @@ this_node_first(Nodes) ->
       Ret :: term() | {error, term()}.
 
 rpc_call(Node, Module, Function, Args, Timeout) ->
+    SleepBetweenRetries = 5000,
+    T0 = erlang:monotonic_time(),
     try
         erpc:call(Node, Module, Function, Args, Timeout)
     catch
+        %% In case of `noconnection' with `Timeout'=infinity, we don't retry
+        %% at all. This is because the infinity "timeout" is used to run
+        %% callbacks on remote node and they can last an indefinite amount of
+        %% time, for instance, if there is a lot of data to migrate.
+        error:{erpc, noconnection} = Reason
+          when is_integer(Timeout) andalso Timeout > SleepBetweenRetries ->
+            ?LOG_ERROR(
+               "Feature flags: no connection to node `~ts`; "
+               "retrying in ~b milliseconds",
+               [Node, SleepBetweenRetries],
+               #{domain => ?RMQLOG_DOMAIN_FEAT_FLAGS}),
+            timer:sleep(SleepBetweenRetries),
+            T1 = erlang:monotonic_time(),
+            TDiff = erlang:convert_time_unit(T1 - T0, native, millisecond),
+            Remaining = Timeout - TDiff,
+            Timeout1 = erlang:max(Remaining, 0),
+            case Timeout1 of
+                0 -> {error, Reason};
+                _ -> rpc_call(Node, Module, Function, Args, Timeout1)
+            end;
+
         Class:Reason:Stacktrace ->
             Message0 = erl_error:format_exception(Class, Reason, Stacktrace),
             Message1 = lists:flatten(Message0),
diff --git a/deps/rabbit/test/feature_flags_v2_SUITE.erl b/deps/rabbit/test/feature_flags_v2_SUITE.erl
index 25788c58edf2..a9c019fe9ab0 100644
--- a/deps/rabbit/test/feature_flags_v2_SUITE.erl
+++ b/deps/rabbit/test/feature_flags_v2_SUITE.erl
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
          mf_wait_and_count_runs_v2_post_enable/1,
          mf_crash_on_joining_node/1,
 
+         rpc_calls/1,
          enable_unknown_feature_flag_on_a_single_node/1,
          enable_supported_feature_flag_on_a_single_node/1,
          enable_unknown_feature_flag_in_a_3node_cluster/1,
@@ -36,6 +37,7 @@
          enable_unsupported_feature_flag_in_a_3node_cluster/1,
          enable_feature_flag_in_cluster_and_add_member_after/1,
          enable_feature_flag_in_cluster_and_add_member_concurrently_mfv2/1,
+         enable_feature_flag_in_cluster_and_remove_member_concurrently_mfv2/0,
          enable_feature_flag_in_cluster_and_remove_member_concurrently_mfv2/1,
          enable_feature_flag_with_post_enable/1,
          have_required_feature_flag_in_cluster_and_add_member_with_it_disabled/1,
@@ -54,6 +56,10 @@ all() ->
 groups() ->
     Groups =
     [
+     {direct, [parallel],
+      [
+       rpc_calls
+      ]},
      {cluster_size_1, [parallel],
       [
        enable_unknown_feature_flag_on_a_single_node,
@@ -94,6 +100,8 @@ end_per_suite(Config) ->
 
 init_per_group(feature_flags_v2, Config) ->
     rabbit_ct_helpers:set_config(Config, {enable_feature_flags_v2, true});
+init_per_group(direct, Config) ->
+    Config;
 init_per_group(cluster_size_1, Config) ->
     rabbit_ct_helpers:set_config(Config, {nodes_count, 1});
 init_per_group(cluster_size_3, Config) ->
@@ -104,11 +112,15 @@ init_per_group(_Group, Config) ->
 end_per_group(_Group, Config) ->
     Config.
 
+init_per_testcase(rpc_calls, Config) ->
+    Config;
 init_per_testcase(Testcase, Config) ->
     rabbit_ct_helpers:run_steps(
       Config,
       [fun(Cfg) -> start_slave_nodes(Cfg, Testcase) end]).
 
+end_per_testcase(rpc_calls, Config) ->
+    Config;
 end_per_testcase(_Testcase, Config) ->
     rabbit_ct_helpers:run_steps(
       Config,
@@ -328,6 +340,16 @@ get_peer_proc() ->
 %% Testcases.
 %% -------------------------------------------------------------------
 
+rpc_calls(_Config) ->
+    List = [1, 2, 3],
+    ?assertEqual(
+       lists:sum(List),
+       rabbit_ff_controller:rpc_call(node(), lists, sum, [List], 11000)),
+    ?assertEqual(
+       {error, {erpc, noconnection}},
+       rabbit_ff_controller:rpc_call(
+         nonode@non_existing_host, lists, sum, [List], 11000)).
+
 enable_unknown_feature_flag_on_a_single_node(Config) ->
     [Node] = ?config(nodes, Config),
     ok = run_on_node(
@@ -865,6 +887,9 @@ enable_feature_flag_in_cluster_and_add_member_concurrently_mfv2(Config) ->
          || Node <- AllNodes],
     ok.
 
+enable_feature_flag_in_cluster_and_remove_member_concurrently_mfv2() ->
+    [{timetrap, {minutes, 3}}].
+
 enable_feature_flag_in_cluster_and_remove_member_concurrently_mfv2(Config) ->
     AllNodes = [LeavingNode | [FirstNode | _] = Nodes] = ?config(
                                                             nodes, Config),