diff --git a/test/e2e/common/configmap_volume.go b/test/e2e/common/configmap_volume.go
index 64700f37686..8c84e981844 100644
--- a/test/e2e/common/configmap_volume.go
+++ b/test/e2e/common/configmap_volume.go
@@ -213,7 +213,8 @@ var _ = ginkgo.Describe("[sig-storage] ConfigMap", func() {
 		})
 
 		ginkgo.By("Creating the pod")
-		f.PodClient().CreateSync(pod)
+		f.PodClient().Create(pod)
+		e2epod.WaitForPodNameRunningInNamespace(f.ClientSet, pod.Name, f.Namespace.Name)
 
 		pollLogs1 := func() (string, error) {
 			return e2epod.GetPodLogs(f.ClientSet, f.Namespace.Name, pod.Name, pod.Spec.Containers[0].Name)