diff --git a/pkg/controller/job/success_policy_test.go b/pkg/controller/job/success_policy_test.go
index 6bf629e43b6..3432aa78f79 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/job/success_policy_test.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/job/success_policy_test.go
@@ -391,7 +391,8 @@ func TestMatchSuccessPolicy(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 	for name, tc := range testCases {
 		t.Run(name, func(t *testing.T) {
-			featuregatetesting.SetFeatureGateDuringTest(t, feature.DefaultFeatureGate, features.JobSuccessPolicy, tc.enableJobSuccessPolicy)
+			defer featuregatetesting.SetFeatureGateDuringTest(t, feature.DefaultFeatureGate, features.JobSuccessPolicy, tc.enableJobSuccessPolicy)()
+
 			logger := ktesting.NewLogger(t,
 				ktesting.NewConfig(
 					ktesting.BufferLogs(true),