diff --git a/test/e2e_node/device_plugin_test.go b/test/e2e_node/device_plugin_test.go
index d0b70fa0360..fd700af1b00 100644
--- a/test/e2e_node/device_plugin_test.go
+++ b/test/e2e_node/device_plugin_test.go
@@ -78,26 +78,6 @@ func numberOfSampleResources(node *v1.Node) int64 {
 	return val.Value()
 }
 
-// getSampleDevicePluginPod returns the Device Plugin pod for sample resources in e2e tests.
-func getSampleDevicePluginPod() *v1.Pod {
-	data, err := e2etestfiles.Read(SampleDevicePluginDSYAML)
-	if err != nil {
-		framework.Fail(err.Error())
-	}
-
-	ds := readDaemonSetV1OrDie(data)
-	p := &v1.Pod{
-		ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
-			Name:      sampleDevicePluginName,
-			Namespace: metav1.NamespaceSystem,
-		},
-
-		Spec: ds.Spec.Template.Spec,
-	}
-
-	return p
-}
-
 // readDaemonSetV1OrDie reads daemonset object from bytes. Panics on error.
 func readDaemonSetV1OrDie(objBytes []byte) *appsv1.DaemonSet {
 	appsv1.AddToScheme(appsScheme)
@@ -127,8 +107,19 @@ func testDevicePlugin(f *framework.Framework, pluginSockDir string) {
 			}, time.Minute, time.Second).Should(gomega.BeTrue())
 
 			ginkgo.By("Scheduling a sample device plugin pod")
-			dp := getSampleDevicePluginPod()
-			dp.Namespace = ""
+			data, err := e2etestfiles.Read(SampleDevicePluginDSYAML)
+			if err != nil {
+				framework.Fail(err.Error())
+			}
+			ds := readDaemonSetV1OrDie(data)
+
+			dp := &v1.Pod{
+				ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
+					Name: sampleDevicePluginName,
+				},
+				Spec: ds.Spec.Template.Spec,
+			}
+
 			for i := range dp.Spec.Containers[0].Env {
 				if dp.Spec.Containers[0].Env[i].Name == envVarNamePluginSockDir {
 					dp.Spec.Containers[0].Env[i].Value = pluginSockDir