diff --git a/test/e2e/common/configmap_volume.go b/test/e2e/common/configmap_volume.go
index 64700f37686..8c84e981844 100644
--- a/test/e2e/common/configmap_volume.go
+++ b/test/e2e/common/configmap_volume.go
@@ -213,7 +213,8 @@ var _ = ginkgo.Describe("[sig-storage] ConfigMap", func() {
 		})
 
 		ginkgo.By("Creating the pod")
-		f.PodClient().CreateSync(pod)
+		f.PodClient().Create(pod)
+		e2epod.WaitForPodNameRunningInNamespace(f.ClientSet, pod.Name, f.Namespace.Name)
 
 		pollLogs1 := func() (string, error) {
 			return e2epod.GetPodLogs(f.ClientSet, f.Namespace.Name, pod.Name, pod.Spec.Containers[0].Name)
diff --git a/test/e2e/common/empty_dir.go b/test/e2e/common/empty_dir.go
index 9a00f1fef98..5eb36510b2a 100644
--- a/test/e2e/common/empty_dir.go
+++ b/test/e2e/common/empty_dir.go
@@ -282,7 +282,8 @@ var _ = ginkgo.Describe("[sig-storage] EmptyDir volumes", func() {
 		}
 
 		ginkgo.By("Creating Pod")
-		pod = f.PodClient().CreateSync(pod)
+		f.PodClient().Create(pod)
+		e2epod.WaitForPodNameRunningInNamespace(f.ClientSet, pod.Name, f.Namespace.Name)
 
 		ginkgo.By("Reading file content from the nginx-container")
 		result := f.ExecShellInContainer(pod.Name, busyBoxMainContainerName, fmt.Sprintf("cat %s", busyBoxMainVolumeFilePath))
diff --git a/test/e2e/common/pods.go b/test/e2e/common/pods.go
index e4d61f89bab..828eb995275 100644
--- a/test/e2e/common/pods.go
+++ b/test/e2e/common/pods.go
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ package common
 import (
 	"bytes"
 	"context"
+	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
 	"runtime/debug"
@@ -28,7 +29,6 @@ import (
 
 	"golang.org/x/net/websocket"
 
-	"encoding/json"
 	v1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/labels"
@@ -813,7 +813,8 @@ var _ = framework.KubeDescribe("Pods", func() {
 		}
 
 		ginkgo.By("submitting the pod to kubernetes")
-		podClient.CreateSync(pod)
+		f.PodClient().Create(pod)
+		e2epod.WaitForPodNameRunningInNamespace(f.ClientSet, pod.Name, f.Namespace.Name)
 		framework.ExpectEqual(podClient.PodIsReady(podName), false, "Expect pod's Ready condition to be false initially.")
 
 		ginkgo.By(fmt.Sprintf("patching pod status with condition %q to true", readinessGate1))
diff --git a/test/e2e/framework/pod/wait.go b/test/e2e/framework/pod/wait.go
index 8124540ba0e..cb107a920b8 100644
--- a/test/e2e/framework/pod/wait.go
+++ b/test/e2e/framework/pod/wait.go
@@ -357,7 +357,7 @@ func WaitForPodNoLongerRunningInNamespace(c clientset.Interface, podName, namesp
 	return WaitTimeoutForPodNoLongerRunningInNamespace(c, podName, namespace, defaultPodDeletionTimeout)
 }
 
-// WaitTimeoutForPodReadyInNamespace waits the given timeout diration for the
+// WaitTimeoutForPodReadyInNamespace waits the given timeout duration for the
 // specified pod to be ready and running.
 func WaitTimeoutForPodReadyInNamespace(c clientset.Interface, podName, namespace string, timeout time.Duration) error {
 	return wait.PollImmediate(poll, timeout, podRunningAndReady(c, podName, namespace))
diff --git a/test/e2e/framework/pods.go b/test/e2e/framework/pods.go
index ad20a63fce2..679ac54abf2 100644
--- a/test/e2e/framework/pods.go
+++ b/test/e2e/framework/pods.go
@@ -96,12 +96,12 @@ func (c *PodClient) Create(pod *v1.Pod) *v1.Pod {
 	return p
 }
 
-// CreateSync creates a new pod according to the framework specifications, and wait for it to start.
+// CreateSync creates a new pod according to the framework specifications, and wait for it to start and be running and ready.
 func (c *PodClient) CreateSync(pod *v1.Pod) *v1.Pod {
 	namespace := c.f.Namespace.Name
 	p := c.Create(pod)
-	ExpectNoError(e2epod.WaitForPodNameRunningInNamespace(c.f.ClientSet, p.Name, namespace))
-	// Get the newest pod after it becomes running, some status may change after pod created, such as pod ip.
+	ExpectNoError(e2epod.WaitTimeoutForPodReadyInNamespace(c.f.ClientSet, p.Name, namespace, PodStartTimeout))
+	// Get the newest pod after it becomes running and ready, some status may change after pod created, such as pod ip.
 	p, err := c.Get(context.TODO(), p.Name, metav1.GetOptions{})
 	ExpectNoError(err)
 	return p