diff --git a/test/e2e/apps/job.go b/test/e2e/apps/job.go
index 203dbe2d71c..ead1669792f 100644
--- a/test/e2e/apps/job.go
+++ b/test/e2e/apps/job.go
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ var _ = SIGDescribe("Job", func() {
 	completions := int32(4)
 	backoffLimit := int32(6) // default value
 
-	// Simplest case: all pods succeed promptly
+	// Simplest case: N pods succeed
 	ginkgo.It("should run a job to completion when tasks succeed", func() {
 		ginkgo.By("Creating a job")
 		job := jobutil.NewTestJob("succeed", "all-succeed", v1.RestartPolicyNever, parallelism, completions, nil, backoffLimit)
@@ -52,10 +52,13 @@ var _ = SIGDescribe("Job", func() {
 		ginkgo.By("Ensuring pods for job exist")
 		pods, err := jobutil.GetJobPods(f.ClientSet, f.Namespace.Name, job.Name)
 		framework.ExpectNoError(err, "failed to get pod list for job in namespace: %s", f.Namespace.Name)
-		framework.ExpectEqual(len(pods.Items), int(completions), "failed to ensure sufficient pod for job: got %d, want %d", len(pods.Items), completions)
+		successes := int32(0)
 		for _, pod := range pods.Items {
-			framework.ExpectEqual(pod.Status.Phase, v1.PodSucceeded, "failed to ensure pod status: pod %s status %s", pod.Name, pod.Status.Phase)
+			if pod.Status.Phase == v1.PodSucceeded {
+				successes++
+			}
 		}
+		framework.ExpectEqual(successes, completions, "epected %d successful job pods, but got  %d", completions, successes)
 	})
 
 	/*