diff --git a/test/e2e/storage/external/external.go b/test/e2e/storage/external/external.go
index b41de5b4fb1..4b13b9da9a0 100644
--- a/test/e2e/storage/external/external.go
+++ b/test/e2e/storage/external/external.go
@@ -295,7 +295,7 @@ func (d *driverDefinition) GetDynamicProvisionStorageClass(e2econfig *testsuites
 		// reconsidered if we eventually need to move in-tree storage tests out.
 		sc.Parameters["csi.storage.k8s.io/fstype"] = fsType
 	}
-	return testsuites.GetStorageClass(sc.Provisioner, sc.Parameters, sc.VolumeBindingMode, f.Namespace.Name, "e2e-sc")
+	return testsuites.CopyStorageClass(sc, f.Namespace.Name, "e2e-sc")
 }
 
 func (d *driverDefinition) GetTimeouts() *framework.TimeoutContext {
diff --git a/test/e2e/storage/testsuites/base.go b/test/e2e/storage/testsuites/base.go
index 0c81367234c..c4cb285185c 100644
--- a/test/e2e/storage/testsuites/base.go
+++ b/test/e2e/storage/testsuites/base.go
@@ -243,9 +243,7 @@ func CreateVolumeResource(driver TestDriver, config *PerTestConfig, pattern test
 			if pattern.BindingMode != "" {
 				r.Sc.VolumeBindingMode = &pattern.BindingMode
 			}
-			if pattern.AllowExpansion != false {
-				r.Sc.AllowVolumeExpansion = &pattern.AllowExpansion
-			}
+			r.Sc.AllowVolumeExpansion = &pattern.AllowExpansion
 
 			ginkgo.By("creating a StorageClass " + r.Sc.Name)
 
diff --git a/test/e2e/storage/testsuites/driveroperations.go b/test/e2e/storage/testsuites/driveroperations.go
index e2d41966faf..0ec560da73e 100644
--- a/test/e2e/storage/testsuites/driveroperations.go
+++ b/test/e2e/storage/testsuites/driveroperations.go
@@ -54,6 +54,16 @@ func CreateVolume(driver TestDriver, config *PerTestConfig, volType testpatterns
 	return nil
 }
 
+// CopyStorageClass constructs a new StorageClass instance
+// with a unique name that is based on namespace + suffix
+// using the same storageclass setting from the parameter
+func CopyStorageClass(sc *storagev1.StorageClass, ns string, suffix string) *storagev1.StorageClass {
+	copy := sc.DeepCopy()
+	copy.ObjectMeta.Name = names.SimpleNameGenerator.GenerateName(ns + "-" + suffix)
+	copy.ResourceVersion = ""
+	return copy
+}
+
 // GetStorageClass constructs a new StorageClass instance
 // with a unique name that is based on namespace + suffix.
 func GetStorageClass(
diff --git a/test/e2e/storage/testsuites/volume_expand.go b/test/e2e/storage/testsuites/volume_expand.go
index f17d88aa0f5..04298b60cf0 100644
--- a/test/e2e/storage/testsuites/volume_expand.go
+++ b/test/e2e/storage/testsuites/volume_expand.go
@@ -156,7 +156,9 @@ func (v *volumeExpandTestSuite) DefineTests(driver TestDriver, pattern testpatte
 			defer cleanup()
 
 			var err error
-			gomega.Expect(l.resource.Sc.AllowVolumeExpansion).To(gomega.BeNil())
+			gomega.Expect(l.resource.Sc.AllowVolumeExpansion).NotTo(gomega.BeNil())
+			allowVolumeExpansion := *l.resource.Sc.AllowVolumeExpansion
+			gomega.Expect(allowVolumeExpansion).To(gomega.BeFalse())
 			ginkgo.By("Expanding non-expandable pvc")
 			currentPvcSize := l.resource.Pvc.Spec.Resources.Requests[v1.ResourceStorage]
 			newSize := currentPvcSize.DeepCopy()