diff --git a/test/e2e/common/downwardapi_volume.go b/test/e2e/common/downwardapi_volume.go
index 654a4dc9766..c802e730845 100644
--- a/test/e2e/common/downwardapi_volume.go
+++ b/test/e2e/common/downwardapi_volume.go
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ limitations under the License.
 package common
 
 import (
-	"context"
 	"fmt"
 	"time"
 
@@ -165,10 +164,7 @@ var _ = ginkgo.Describe("[sig-storage] Downward API volume", func() {
 
 		containerName := "client-container"
 		ginkgo.By("Creating the pod")
-		podClient.CreateSync(pod)
-
-		pod, err := podClient.Get(context.TODO(), pod.Name, metav1.GetOptions{})
-		framework.ExpectNoError(err, "Failed to get pod %q", pod.Name)
+		pod = podClient.CreateSync(pod)
 
 		gomega.Eventually(func() (string, error) {
 			return e2epod.GetPodLogs(f.ClientSet, f.Namespace.Name, pod.Name, containerName)
diff --git a/test/e2e/common/empty_dir.go b/test/e2e/common/empty_dir.go
index 4392ae95059..2abf7722296 100644
--- a/test/e2e/common/empty_dir.go
+++ b/test/e2e/common/empty_dir.go
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ limitations under the License.
 package common
 
 import (
-	"context"
 	"fmt"
 	"path"
 
@@ -26,7 +25,6 @@ import (
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/uuid"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/test/e2e/framework"
-	e2epod "k8s.io/kubernetes/test/e2e/framework/pod"
 	e2eskipper "k8s.io/kubernetes/test/e2e/framework/skipper"
 	imageutils "k8s.io/kubernetes/test/utils/image"
 )
@@ -278,18 +276,9 @@ var _ = ginkgo.Describe("[sig-storage] EmptyDir volumes", func() {
 			},
 		}
 
-		var err error
 		ginkgo.By("Creating Pod")
 		pod = f.PodClient().CreateSync(pod)
 
-		ginkgo.By("Waiting for the pod running")
-		err = e2epod.WaitForPodNameRunningInNamespace(f.ClientSet, pod.Name, f.Namespace.Name)
-		framework.ExpectNoError(err, "failed to deploy pod %s", pod.Name)
-
-		ginkgo.By("Geting the pod")
-		pod, err = f.PodClient().Get(context.TODO(), pod.Name, metav1.GetOptions{})
-		framework.ExpectNoError(err, "failed to get pod %s", pod.Name)
-
 		ginkgo.By("Reading file content from the nginx-container")
 		result := f.ExecShellInContainer(pod.Name, busyBoxMainContainerName, fmt.Sprintf("cat %s", busyBoxMainVolumeFilePath))
 		framework.ExpectEqual(result, message, "failed to match expected string %s with %s", message, resultString)
diff --git a/test/e2e/common/projected_downwardapi.go b/test/e2e/common/projected_downwardapi.go
index 4ad2f16f80e..dc15aa552ce 100644
--- a/test/e2e/common/projected_downwardapi.go
+++ b/test/e2e/common/projected_downwardapi.go
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ limitations under the License.
 package common
 
 import (
-	"context"
 	"fmt"
 	"time"
 
@@ -165,10 +164,7 @@ var _ = ginkgo.Describe("[sig-storage] Projected downwardAPI", func() {
 
 		containerName := "client-container"
 		ginkgo.By("Creating the pod")
-		podClient.CreateSync(pod)
-
-		pod, err := podClient.Get(context.TODO(), pod.Name, metav1.GetOptions{})
-		framework.ExpectNoError(err, "Failed to get pod %q", pod.Name)
+		pod = podClient.CreateSync(pod)
 
 		gomega.Eventually(func() (string, error) {
 			return e2epod.GetPodLogs(f.ClientSet, f.Namespace.Name, pod.Name, containerName)
diff --git a/test/e2e/network/dual_stack.go b/test/e2e/network/dual_stack.go
index 6feb9aa9512..5565162d865 100644
--- a/test/e2e/network/dual_stack.go
+++ b/test/e2e/network/dual_stack.go
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/test/e2e/framework"
 	e2edeployment "k8s.io/kubernetes/test/e2e/framework/deployment"
 	e2enode "k8s.io/kubernetes/test/e2e/framework/node"
-	e2epod "k8s.io/kubernetes/test/e2e/framework/pod"
 	e2eservice "k8s.io/kubernetes/test/e2e/framework/service"
 	imageutils "k8s.io/kubernetes/test/utils/image"
 	netutils "k8s.io/utils/net"
@@ -99,11 +98,7 @@ var _ = SIGDescribe("[Feature:IPv6DualStackAlphaFeature] [LinuxOnly]", func() {
 		}
 
 		ginkgo.By("submitting the pod to kubernetes")
-		podClient.CreateSync(pod)
-		framework.ExpectNoError(e2epod.WaitForPodNameRunningInNamespace(f.ClientSet, pod.Name, f.Namespace.Name))
-
-		p, err := podClient.Get(context.TODO(), pod.Name, metav1.GetOptions{})
-		framework.ExpectNoError(err, "Failed to get pod %q", pod.Name)
+		p := podClient.CreateSync(pod)
 
 		gomega.Expect(p.Status.PodIP).ShouldNot(gomega.BeEquivalentTo(""))
 		gomega.Expect(p.Status.PodIPs).ShouldNot(gomega.BeNil())
@@ -116,7 +111,7 @@ var _ = SIGDescribe("[Feature:IPv6DualStackAlphaFeature] [LinuxOnly]", func() {
 		framework.ExpectEqual(isIPv4(p.Status.PodIPs[0].IP) != isIPv4(p.Status.PodIPs[1].IP), true)
 
 		ginkgo.By("deleting the pod")
-		err = podClient.Delete(context.TODO(), pod.Name, *metav1.NewDeleteOptions(30))
+		err := podClient.Delete(context.TODO(), pod.Name, *metav1.NewDeleteOptions(30))
 		framework.ExpectNoError(err, "failed to delete pod")
 	})
 
diff --git a/test/e2e_node/node_problem_detector_linux.go b/test/e2e_node/node_problem_detector_linux.go
index 50651a085f4..aea4a5a4683 100644
--- a/test/e2e_node/node_problem_detector_linux.go
+++ b/test/e2e_node/node_problem_detector_linux.go
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ var _ = framework.KubeDescribe("NodeProblemDetector [NodeFeature:NodeProblemDete
 			ginkgo.By("Create the node problem detector")
 			hostPathType := new(v1.HostPathType)
 			*hostPathType = v1.HostPathType(string(v1.HostPathFileOrCreate))
-			f.PodClient().CreateSync(&v1.Pod{
+			pod := f.PodClient().CreateSync(&v1.Pod{
 				ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
 					Name: name,
 				},
@@ -237,8 +237,6 @@ var _ = framework.KubeDescribe("NodeProblemDetector [NodeFeature:NodeProblemDete
 					},
 				},
 			})
-			pod, err := f.PodClient().Get(context.TODO(), name, metav1.GetOptions{})
-			framework.ExpectNoError(err)
 			// TODO: remove hardcoded kubelet volume directory path
 			// framework.TestContext.KubeVolumeDir is currently not populated for node e2e
 			hostLogFile = "/var/lib/kubelet/pods/" + string(pod.UID) + "/volumes/kubernetes.io~empty-dir" + logFile