diff --git a/test/e2e/scheduling/ubernetes_lite_volumes.go b/test/e2e/scheduling/ubernetes_lite_volumes.go
index a3aa3d153fe..014cde43b35 100644
--- a/test/e2e/scheduling/ubernetes_lite_volumes.go
+++ b/test/e2e/scheduling/ubernetes_lite_volumes.go
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ var _ = SIGDescribe("Multi-AZ Cluster Volumes [sig-storage]", func() {
 	})
 })
 
-// OnlyAllowNodeZones tests that GetAllCurrentZones returns only zones with Nodes
+// OnlyAllowNodeZones tests that PDs are only provisioned in zones with nodes.
 func OnlyAllowNodeZones(f *framework.Framework, zoneCount int, image string) {
 	gceCloud, err := gce.GetGCECloud()
 	framework.ExpectNoError(err)
@@ -83,7 +83,10 @@ func OnlyAllowNodeZones(f *framework.Framework, zoneCount int, image string) {
 			break
 		}
 	}
-	framework.ExpectNotEqual(extraZone, "", fmt.Sprintf("No extra zones available in region %s", region))
+
+	if extraZone == "" {
+		e2eskipper.Skipf("All zones in region %s have compute instances, no extra zones available", region)
+	}
 
 	ginkgo.By(fmt.Sprintf("starting a compute instance in unused zone: %v\n", extraZone))
 	project := framework.TestContext.CloudConfig.ProjectID