diff --git a/test/e2e/framework/pv_util.go b/test/e2e/framework/pv_util.go
index a29e94ba9d5..cedb857f213 100644
--- a/test/e2e/framework/pv_util.go
+++ b/test/e2e/framework/pv_util.go
@@ -507,21 +507,25 @@ func testPodSuccessOrFail(c clientset.Interface, ns string, pod *v1.Pod) error {
 // Deletes the passed-in pod and waits for the pod to be terminated. Resilient to the pod
 // not existing.
 func DeletePodWithWait(f *Framework, c clientset.Interface, pod *v1.Pod) error {
-	if pod == nil {
-		return nil
-	}
-	Logf("Deleting pod %q in namespace %q", pod.Name, pod.Namespace)
-	err := c.CoreV1().Pods(pod.Namespace).Delete(pod.Name, nil)
+	return DeletePodWithWaitByName(f, c, pod.GetName(), pod.GetNamespace())
+}
+
+// Deletes the named and namespaced pod and waits for the pod to be terminated. Resilient to the pod
+// not existing.
+func DeletePodWithWaitByName(f *Framework, c clientset.Interface, podName, podNamespace string) error {
+	const maxWait = 5 * time.Minute
+	Logf("Deleting pod %q in namespace %q", podName, podNamespace)
+	err := c.CoreV1().Pods(podNamespace).Delete(podName, nil)
 	if err != nil {
 		if apierrs.IsNotFound(err) {
 			return nil // assume pod was already deleted
 		}
 		return fmt.Errorf("pod Delete API error: %v", err)
 	}
-	Logf("Wait up to %v for pod %q to be fully deleted", PodDeleteTimeout, pod.Name)
-	err = f.WaitForPodNotFound(pod.Name, PodDeleteTimeout)
+	Logf("Wait up to %v for pod %q to be fully deleted", maxWait, podName)
+	err = f.WaitForPodNotFound(podName, maxWait)
 	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("pod %q was not deleted: %v", pod.Name, err)
+		return fmt.Errorf("pod %q was not deleted: %v", podName, err)
 	}
 	return nil
 }
diff --git a/test/e2e/framework/volume_util.go b/test/e2e/framework/volume_util.go
index 4836e832d49..d11e9a040aa 100644
--- a/test/e2e/framework/volume_util.go
+++ b/test/e2e/framework/volume_util.go
@@ -52,7 +52,6 @@ import (
 	clientset "k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes"
 	imageutils "k8s.io/kubernetes/test/utils/image"
 
-	"github.com/golang/glog"
 	. "github.com/onsi/ginkgo"
 	. "github.com/onsi/gomega"
 )
@@ -389,24 +388,12 @@ func VolumeTestCleanup(f *Framework, config VolumeTestConfig) {
 
 	cs := f.ClientSet
 
-	pod, err := cs.CoreV1().Pods(config.Namespace).Get(config.Prefix+"-client", metav1.GetOptions{})
-	ExpectNoError(err, "Failed to get client pod: %v", err)
-	err = DeletePodWithWait(f, cs, pod)
-	if err != nil {
-		// Log the error before failing test: if the test has already failed,
-		// framework.ExpectNoError() won't print anything to logs!
-		glog.Warningf("Failed to delete client pod: %v", err)
-		ExpectNoError(err, "Failed to delete client pod: %v", err)
-	}
+	err := DeletePodWithWaitByName(f, cs, config.Prefix+"-client", config.Namespace)
+	Expect(err).To(BeNil(), "Failed to delete pod %v in namespace %v", config.Prefix+"-client", config.Namespace)
 
 	if config.ServerImage != "" {
-		pod, err := cs.CoreV1().Pods(config.Namespace).Get(config.Prefix+"-server", metav1.GetOptions{})
-		ExpectNoError(err, "Failed to get server pod: %v", err)
-		err = DeletePodWithWait(f, cs, pod)
-		if err != nil {
-			glog.Warningf("Failed to delete server pod: %v", err)
-			ExpectNoError(err, "Failed to delete server pod: %v", err)
-		}
+		err := DeletePodWithWaitByName(f, cs, config.Prefix+"-server", config.Namespace)
+		Expect(err).To(BeNil(), "Failed to delete pod %v in namespace %v", config.Prefix+"-server", config.Namespace)
 	}
 }