diff --git a/test/e2e/kubectl/kubectl.go b/test/e2e/kubectl/kubectl.go
index 31a216f0980..ed8aa2ac4d5 100644
--- a/test/e2e/kubectl/kubectl.go
+++ b/test/e2e/kubectl/kubectl.go
@@ -594,7 +594,7 @@ var _ = SIGDescribe("Kubectl client", func() {
 			ginkgo.By("executing a command with run")
 			framework.RunKubectlOrDie("run", podName, "--generator=run-pod/v1", "--image="+busyboxImage, "--restart=OnFailure", nsFlag, "--", "sh", "-c", "sleep 10; seq 100 | while read i; do echo $i; sleep 0.01; done; echo EOF")
 
-			if !e2epod.CheckPodsRunningReady(c, ns, []string{podName}, framework.PodStartTimeout) {
+			if !e2epod.CheckPodsRunningReadyOrSucceeded(c, ns, []string{podName}, framework.PodStartTimeout) {
 				e2elog.Failf("Pod for run-log-test was not ready")
 			}