diff --git a/test/e2e/storage/testsuites/ephemeral.go b/test/e2e/storage/testsuites/ephemeral.go
index 47314ab8d95..45b7abe8125 100644
--- a/test/e2e/storage/testsuites/ephemeral.go
+++ b/test/e2e/storage/testsuites/ephemeral.go
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ func (p *ephemeralTestSuite) DefineTests(driver TestDriver, pattern testpatterns
 				storageutils.VerifyExecInPodSucceed(f, pod2, "[ ! -f /mnt/test-0/hello-world ]")
 			}
 
-			defer StopPod(f.ClientSet, pod2)
+			defer StopPodAndDependents(f.ClientSet, pod2)
 			return nil
 		}
 
@@ -302,7 +302,7 @@ func (t EphemeralTest) TestEphemeral() {
 	pod := StartInPodWithInlineVolume(client, t.Namespace, "inline-volume-tester", command, volumes, t.ReadOnly, t.Node)
 	defer func() {
 		// pod might be nil now.
-		StopPod(client, pod)
+		StopPodAndDependents(client, pod)
 	}()
 	framework.ExpectNoError(e2epod.WaitForPodRunningInNamespaceSlow(client, pod.Name, pod.Namespace), "waiting for pod with inline volume")
 	runningPod, err := client.CoreV1().Pods(pod.Namespace).Get(context.TODO(), pod.Name, metav1.GetOptions{})
@@ -315,7 +315,7 @@ func (t EphemeralTest) TestEphemeral() {
 		runningPodData = t.RunningPodCheck(pod)
 	}
 
-	StopPod(client, pod)
+	StopPodAndDependents(client, pod)
 	pod = nil // Don't stop twice.
 
 	// There should be no dangling PVCs in the namespace now. There might be for
@@ -446,7 +446,7 @@ func VolumeSourceEnabled(c clientset.Interface, ns string, volume v1.VolumeSourc
 	switch {
 	case err == nil:
 		// Pod was created, feature supported.
-		StopPod(c, pod)
+		StopPodAndDependents(c, pod)
 		return true, nil
 	case apierrors.IsInvalid(err):
 		// "Invalid" because it uses a feature that isn't supported.
diff --git a/test/e2e/storage/testsuites/provisioning.go b/test/e2e/storage/testsuites/provisioning.go
index de2aaf9ec10..5554a1ce4c8 100644
--- a/test/e2e/storage/testsuites/provisioning.go
+++ b/test/e2e/storage/testsuites/provisioning.go
@@ -712,6 +712,38 @@ func StopPod(c clientset.Interface, pod *v1.Pod) {
 	e2epod.DeletePodWithWait(c, pod)
 }
 
+// StopPodAndDependents first tries to log the output of the pod's container,
+// then deletes the pod and waits for that to succeed. Also waits for all owned
+// resources to be deleted.
+func StopPodAndDependents(c clientset.Interface, pod *v1.Pod) {
+	if pod == nil {
+		return
+	}
+	body, err := c.CoreV1().Pods(pod.Namespace).GetLogs(pod.Name, &v1.PodLogOptions{}).Do(context.TODO()).Raw()
+	if err != nil {
+		framework.Logf("Error getting logs for pod %s: %v", pod.Name, err)
+	} else {
+		framework.Logf("Pod %s has the following logs: %s", pod.Name, body)
+	}
+	framework.Logf("Deleting pod %q in namespace %q", pod.Name, pod.Namespace)
+	deletionPolicy := metav1.DeletePropagationForeground
+	err = c.CoreV1().Pods(pod.Namespace).Delete(context.TODO(), pod.Name,
+		metav1.DeleteOptions{
+			// If the pod is the owner of some resources (like ephemeral inline volumes),
+			// then we want to be sure that those are also gone before we return.
+			// Blocking pod deletion via metav1.DeletePropagationForeground achieves that.
+			PropagationPolicy: &deletionPolicy,
+		})
+	if err != nil {
+		if apierrors.IsNotFound(err) {
+			return // assume pod was already deleted
+		}
+		framework.Logf("pod Delete API error: %v", err)
+	}
+	framework.Logf("Wait up to %v for pod %q to be fully deleted", e2epod.PodDeleteTimeout, pod.Name)
+	e2epod.WaitForPodNotFoundInNamespace(c, pod.Name, pod.Namespace, e2epod.PodDeleteTimeout)
+}
+
 func verifyPVCsPending(client clientset.Interface, pvcs []*v1.PersistentVolumeClaim) {
 	for _, claim := range pvcs {
 		// Get new copy of the claim