diff --git a/test/e2e_node/eviction_test.go b/test/e2e_node/eviction_test.go
index 94ea4129576..484130ce6c8 100644
--- a/test/e2e_node/eviction_test.go
+++ b/test/e2e_node/eviction_test.go
@@ -92,11 +92,9 @@ var _ = SIGDescribe("InodeEviction", framework.WithSlow(), framework.WithSerial(
 		runEvictionTest(f, pressureTimeout, expectedNodeCondition, expectedStarvedResource, logInodeMetrics, []podEvictSpec{
 			{
 				evictionPriority: 1,
-				pod:              inodeConsumingPod("container-inode-hog", lotsOfFiles, nil),
-			},
-			{
-				evictionPriority: 1,
-				pod:              inodeConsumingPod("volume-inode-hog", lotsOfFiles, &v1.VolumeSource{EmptyDir: &v1.EmptyDirVolumeSource{}}),
+				// TODO(#127864): Container runtime may not immediate free up the resources after the pod eviction,
+				// causing the test to fail. We provision an emptyDir volume to avoid relying on the runtime behavior.
+				pod: inodeConsumingPod("volume-inode-hog", lotsOfFiles, &v1.VolumeSource{EmptyDir: &v1.EmptyDirVolumeSource{}}),
 			},
 			{
 				evictionPriority: 0,
@@ -199,8 +197,8 @@ var _ = SIGDescribe("LocalStorageEviction", framework.WithSlow(), framework.With
 		runEvictionTest(f, pressureTimeout, expectedNodeCondition, expectedStarvedResource, logDiskMetrics, []podEvictSpec{
 			{
 				evictionPriority: 1,
-				// TODO(#127864): Due to a race condition between eviction manager and containerd GC,
-				// we provision an emptyDir volume instead of writing to the writable container layers.
+				// TODO(#127864): Container runtime may not immediate free up the resources after the pod eviction,
+				// causing the test to fail. We provision an emptyDir volume to avoid relying on the runtime behavior.
 				pod: diskConsumingPod("container-disk-hog", lotsOfDisk, &v1.VolumeSource{EmptyDir: &v1.EmptyDirVolumeSource{}}, v1.ResourceRequirements{}),
 			},
 			{
@@ -240,8 +238,8 @@ var _ = SIGDescribe("LocalStorageSoftEviction", framework.WithSlow(), framework.
 		runEvictionTest(f, pressureTimeout, expectedNodeCondition, expectedStarvedResource, logDiskMetrics, []podEvictSpec{
 			{
 				evictionPriority: 1,
-				// TODO(#127864): Due to a race condition between eviction manager and containerd GC,
-				// we provision an emptyDir volume instead of writing to the writable container layers.
+				// TODO(#127864): Container runtime may not immediate free up the resources after the pod eviction,
+				// causing the test to fail. We provision an emptyDir volume to avoid relying on the runtime behavior.
 				pod: diskConsumingPod("container-disk-hog", lotsOfDisk, &v1.VolumeSource{EmptyDir: &v1.EmptyDirVolumeSource{}}, v1.ResourceRequirements{}),
 			},
 			{
@@ -483,14 +481,14 @@ var _ = SIGDescribe("PriorityLocalStorageEvictionOrdering", framework.WithSlow()
 		specs := []podEvictSpec{
 			{
 				evictionPriority: 2,
-				// TODO(#127864): Due to a race condition between eviction manager and containerd GC,
-				// we provision an emptyDir volume instead of writing to the writable container layers.
+				// TODO(#127864): Container runtime may not immediate free up the resources after the pod eviction,
+				// causing the test to fail. We provision an emptyDir volume to avoid relying on the runtime behavior.
 				pod: diskConsumingPod("best-effort-disk", lotsOfDisk, &v1.VolumeSource{EmptyDir: &v1.EmptyDirVolumeSource{}}, v1.ResourceRequirements{}),
 			},
 			{
 				evictionPriority: 1,
-				// TODO(#127864): Due to a race condition between eviction manager and containerd GC,
-				// we provision an emptyDir volume instead of writing to the writable container layers.
+				// TODO(#127864): Container runtime may not immediate free up the resources after the pod eviction,
+				// causing the test to fail. We provision an emptyDir volume to avoid relying on the runtime behavior.
 				pod: diskConsumingPod("high-priority-disk", lotsOfDisk, &v1.VolumeSource{EmptyDir: &v1.EmptyDirVolumeSource{}}, v1.ResourceRequirements{}),
 			},
 			{