diff --git a/test/e2e/storage/testsuites/provisioning.go b/test/e2e/storage/testsuites/provisioning.go
index 507e5677bc5..a93c416a5d5 100644
--- a/test/e2e/storage/testsuites/provisioning.go
+++ b/test/e2e/storage/testsuites/provisioning.go
@@ -588,7 +588,8 @@ func StartInPodWithVolume(c clientset.Interface, ns, claimName, podName, command
 	return pod
 }
 
-// StopPod first tries to log the output of the pod's container, then deletes the pod.
+// StopPod first tries to log the output of the pod's container, then deletes the pod and
+// waits for that to succeed.
 func StopPod(c clientset.Interface, pod *v1.Pod) {
 	if pod == nil {
 		return
@@ -600,6 +601,7 @@ func StopPod(c clientset.Interface, pod *v1.Pod) {
 		e2elog.Logf("Pod %s has the following logs: %s", pod.Name, body)
 	}
 	e2epod.DeletePodOrFail(c, pod.Namespace, pod.Name)
+	e2epod.WaitForPodNoLongerRunningInNamespace(c, pod.Name, pod.Namespace)
 }
 
 func verifyPVCsPending(client clientset.Interface, pvcs []*v1.PersistentVolumeClaim) {