diff --git a/test/e2e/network/service.go b/test/e2e/network/service.go
index 8c973bbfed5..9f668c52e89 100644
--- a/test/e2e/network/service.go
+++ b/test/e2e/network/service.go
@@ -796,11 +796,11 @@ var _ = SIGDescribe("Services", func() {
 		name1 := "pod1"
 		name2 := "pod2"
 
-		createPodOrFail(cs, ns, name1, jig.Labels, []v1.ContainerPort{{ContainerPort: 80}})
+		createPodOrFail(f, ns, name1, jig.Labels, []v1.ContainerPort{{ContainerPort: 80}})
 		names[name1] = true
 		validateEndpointsPortsOrFail(cs, ns, serviceName, portsByPodName{name1: {80}})
 
-		createPodOrFail(cs, ns, name2, jig.Labels, []v1.ContainerPort{{ContainerPort: 80}})
+		createPodOrFail(f, ns, name2, jig.Labels, []v1.ContainerPort{{ContainerPort: 80}})
 		names[name2] = true
 		validateEndpointsPortsOrFail(cs, ns, serviceName, portsByPodName{name1: {80}, name2: {80}})
 
@@ -877,11 +877,11 @@ var _ = SIGDescribe("Services", func() {
 		podname1 := "pod1"
 		podname2 := "pod2"
 
-		createPodOrFail(cs, ns, podname1, jig.Labels, containerPorts1)
+		createPodOrFail(f, ns, podname1, jig.Labels, containerPorts1)
 		names[podname1] = true
 		validateEndpointsPortsOrFail(cs, ns, serviceName, portsByPodName{podname1: {port1}})
 
-		createPodOrFail(cs, ns, podname2, jig.Labels, containerPorts2)
+		createPodOrFail(f, ns, podname2, jig.Labels, containerPorts2)
 		names[podname2] = true
 		validateEndpointsPortsOrFail(cs, ns, serviceName, portsByPodName{podname1: {port1}, podname2: {port2}})
 
@@ -2431,18 +2431,14 @@ func createPausePodDeployment(cs clientset.Interface, name, ns string, replicas
 }
 
 // createPodOrFail creates a pod with the specified containerPorts.
-func createPodOrFail(c clientset.Interface, ns, name string, labels map[string]string, containerPorts []v1.ContainerPort) {
+func createPodOrFail(f *framework.Framework, ns, name string, labels map[string]string, containerPorts []v1.ContainerPort) {
 	ginkgo.By(fmt.Sprintf("Creating pod %s in namespace %s", name, ns))
 	pod := e2epod.NewAgnhostPod(ns, name, nil, nil, containerPorts)
 	pod.ObjectMeta.Labels = labels
 	// Add a dummy environment variable to work around a docker issue.
 	// https://github.com/docker/docker/issues/14203
 	pod.Spec.Containers[0].Env = []v1.EnvVar{{Name: "FOO", Value: " "}}
-
-	_, err := c.CoreV1().Pods(ns).Create(context.TODO(), pod, metav1.CreateOptions{})
-	framework.ExpectNoError(err, "failed to create pod %s in namespace %s", name, ns)
-	err = e2epod.WaitTimeoutForPodReadyInNamespace(c, name, ns, framework.PodStartTimeout)
-	framework.ExpectNoError(err)
+	f.PodClient().CreateSync(pod)
 }
 
 // launchHostExecPod launches a hostexec pod in the given namespace and waits
@@ -2664,7 +2660,7 @@ var _ = SIGDescribe("SCTP [Feature:SCTP] [LinuxOnly]", func() {
 
 		name1 := "pod1"
 
-		createPodOrFail(cs, ns, name1, jig.Labels, []v1.ContainerPort{{ContainerPort: 5060, Protocol: v1.ProtocolSCTP}})
+		createPodOrFail(f, ns, name1, jig.Labels, []v1.ContainerPort{{ContainerPort: 5060, Protocol: v1.ProtocolSCTP}})
 		names[name1] = true
 		defer func() {
 			for name := range names {