diff --git a/pkg/controller/podautoscaler/horizontal_test.go b/pkg/controller/podautoscaler/horizontal_test.go
index 8f7b534365a..0a959bfecba 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/podautoscaler/horizontal_test.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/podautoscaler/horizontal_test.go
@@ -675,7 +675,7 @@ func findCpuUtilization(metricStatus []autoscalingv2.MetricStatus) (utilization
 	return nil
 }
 
-func (tc *testCase) verifyResults(t *testing.T, m *mockMonitor) {
+func (tc *testCase) verifyResults(ctx context.Context, t *testing.T, m *mockMonitor) {
 	tc.Lock()
 	defer tc.Unlock()
 
@@ -685,12 +685,12 @@ func (tc *testCase) verifyResults(t *testing.T, m *mockMonitor) {
 		assert.Equal(t, tc.specReplicas != tc.expectedDesiredReplicas, tc.eventCreated, "an event should have been created only if we expected a change in replicas")
 	}
 
-	tc.verifyRecordedMetric(t, m)
+	tc.verifyRecordedMetric(ctx, t, m)
 }
 
-func (tc *testCase) verifyRecordedMetric(t *testing.T, m *mockMonitor) {
+func (tc *testCase) verifyRecordedMetric(ctx context.Context, t *testing.T, m *mockMonitor) {
 	// First, wait for the reconciliation completed at least once.
-	m.waitUntilRecorded(t)
+	m.waitUntilRecorded(ctx, t)
 
 	assert.Equal(t, tc.expectedReportedReconciliationActionLabel, m.reconciliationActionLabels[0], "the reconciliation action should be recorded in monitor expectedly")
 	assert.Equal(t, tc.expectedReportedReconciliationErrorLabel, m.reconciliationErrorLabels[0], "the reconciliation error should be recorded in monitor expectedly")
@@ -833,7 +833,7 @@ func (tc *testCase) runTestWithController(t *testing.T, hpaController *Horizonta
 	if !ok {
 		t.Fatalf("test HPA controller should have mockMonitor, but actually not")
 	}
-	tc.verifyResults(t, m)
+	tc.verifyResults(ctx, t, m)
 }
 
 func (tc *testCase) runTest(t *testing.T) {
@@ -875,8 +875,8 @@ func (m *mockMonitor) ObserveMetricComputationResult(action monitor.ActionLabel,
 }
 
 // waitUntilRecorded waits for the HPA controller to reconcile at least once.
-func (m *mockMonitor) waitUntilRecorded(t *testing.T) {
-	if err := wait.PollUntilContextTimeout(context.Background(), 20*time.Millisecond, 100*time.Millisecond, true, func(ctx context.Context) (done bool, err error) {
+func (m *mockMonitor) waitUntilRecorded(ctx context.Context, t *testing.T) {
+	if err := wait.PollUntilContextTimeout(ctx, 20*time.Millisecond, 100*time.Millisecond, true, func(ctx context.Context) (done bool, err error) {
 		m.RWMutex.RLock()
 		defer m.RWMutex.RUnlock()
 		if len(m.reconciliationActionLabels) == 0 || len(m.reconciliationErrorLabels) == 0 {