diff --git a/test/e2e/storage/generic_persistent_volume-disruptive.go b/test/e2e/storage/generic_persistent_volume-disruptive.go
index 7de7bb4c845..79ca3109825 100644
--- a/test/e2e/storage/generic_persistent_volume-disruptive.go
+++ b/test/e2e/storage/generic_persistent_volume-disruptive.go
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ var _ = utils.SIGDescribe("GenericPersistentVolume[Disruptive]", func() {
 			runTest:    utils.TestVolumeUnmountsFromForceDeletedPod,
 		},
 	}
+
 	ginkgo.Context("When kubelet restarts", func() {
 		// Test table housing the ginkgo.It() title string and test spec.  runTest is type testBody, defined at
 		// the start of this file.  To add tests, define a function mirroring the testBody signature and assign
@@ -79,6 +80,7 @@ var _ = utils.SIGDescribe("GenericPersistentVolume[Disruptive]", func() {
 		for _, test := range disruptiveTestTable {
 			func(t disruptiveTest) {
 				ginkgo.It(t.testItStmt, func(ctx context.Context) {
+					e2eskipper.SkipUnlessSSHKeyPresent()
 					ginkgo.By("Executing Spec")
 					t.runTest(c, f, clientPod, e2epod.VolumeMountPath1)
 				})
diff --git a/test/e2e/storage/nfs_persistent_volume-disruptive.go b/test/e2e/storage/nfs_persistent_volume-disruptive.go
index 9bdfbcdd27f..cb33ab46294 100644
--- a/test/e2e/storage/nfs_persistent_volume-disruptive.go
+++ b/test/e2e/storage/nfs_persistent_volume-disruptive.go
@@ -272,6 +272,7 @@ var _ = utils.SIGDescribe("NFSPersistentVolumes[Disruptive][Flaky]", func() {
 		for _, test := range disruptiveTestTable {
 			func(t disruptiveTest) {
 				ginkgo.It(t.testItStmt, func(ctx context.Context) {
+					e2eskipper.SkipUnlessSSHKeyPresent()
 					ginkgo.By("Executing Spec")
 					t.runTest(c, f, clientPod, e2epod.VolumeMountPath1)
 				})
diff --git a/test/e2e/storage/testsuites/disruptive.go b/test/e2e/storage/testsuites/disruptive.go
index f2573d3db00..72d2769b22d 100644
--- a/test/e2e/storage/testsuites/disruptive.go
+++ b/test/e2e/storage/testsuites/disruptive.go
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ func (s *disruptiveTestSuite) SkipUnsupportedTests(driver storageframework.TestD
 	if pattern.VolMode == v1.PersistentVolumeBlock && !driver.GetDriverInfo().Capabilities[storageframework.CapBlock] {
 		e2eskipper.Skipf("Driver %s doesn't support %v -- skipping", driver.GetDriverInfo().Name, pattern.VolMode)
 	}
+	e2eskipper.SkipUnlessSSHKeyPresent()
 }
 
 func (s *disruptiveTestSuite) DefineTests(driver storageframework.TestDriver, pattern storageframework.TestPattern) {
diff --git a/test/e2e/storage/testsuites/subpath.go b/test/e2e/storage/testsuites/subpath.go
index 2b53dd6a948..5a0fca0d6c5 100644
--- a/test/e2e/storage/testsuites/subpath.go
+++ b/test/e2e/storage/testsuites/subpath.go
@@ -339,6 +339,7 @@ func (s *subPathTestSuite) DefineTests(driver storageframework.TestDriver, patte
 	})
 
 	ginkgo.It("should unmount if pod is gracefully deleted while kubelet is down [Disruptive][Slow][LinuxOnly]", func(ctx context.Context) {
+		e2eskipper.SkipUnlessSSHKeyPresent()
 		init()
 		ginkgo.DeferCleanup(cleanup)
 
@@ -351,6 +352,7 @@ func (s *subPathTestSuite) DefineTests(driver storageframework.TestDriver, patte
 	})
 
 	ginkgo.It("should unmount if pod is force deleted while kubelet is down [Disruptive][Slow][LinuxOnly]", func(ctx context.Context) {
+		e2eskipper.SkipUnlessSSHKeyPresent()
 		init()
 		ginkgo.DeferCleanup(cleanup)