diff --git a/test/e2e/daemon_restart.go b/test/e2e/daemon_restart.go
index 498f74929a8..2c986fd8cbf 100644
--- a/test/e2e/daemon_restart.go
+++ b/test/e2e/daemon_restart.go
@@ -246,9 +246,9 @@ var _ = Describe("DaemonRestart", func() {
 	})
 
 	AfterEach(func() {
+		defer framework.afterEach()
 		close(stopCh)
 		expectNoError(DeleteRC(framework.Client, ns, rcName))
-		framework.afterEach()
 	})
 
 	It("Controller Manager should not create/delete replicas across restart", func() {
diff --git a/test/e2e/daemon_set.go b/test/e2e/daemon_set.go
index 78455f7c426..a63ee252659 100644
--- a/test/e2e/daemon_set.go
+++ b/test/e2e/daemon_set.go
@@ -65,9 +65,9 @@ var _ = Describe("Daemon set", func() {
 	})
 
 	AfterEach(func() {
+		defer f.afterEach()
 		err := clearDaemonSetNodeLabels(f.Client)
 		Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
-		f.afterEach()
 	})
 
 	It("should run and stop simple daemon", func() {
diff --git a/test/e2e/latency.go b/test/e2e/latency.go
index 0275dd49752..ab29d90f78e 100644
--- a/test/e2e/latency.go
+++ b/test/e2e/latency.go
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@ var _ = Describe("[Performance Suite] Latency", func() {
 	})
 
 	AfterEach(func() {
+		defer framework.afterEach()
 		By("Removing additional pods if any")
 		for i := 1; i <= nodeCount; i++ {
 			name := additionalPodsPrefix + "-" + strconv.Itoa(i)
diff --git a/test/e2e/scheduler_predicates.go b/test/e2e/scheduler_predicates.go
index 0c49b08b694..bbe9eb5e83e 100644
--- a/test/e2e/scheduler_predicates.go
+++ b/test/e2e/scheduler_predicates.go
@@ -176,13 +176,13 @@ var _ = Describe("SchedulerPredicates", func() {
 	})
 
 	AfterEach(func() {
+		defer framework.afterEach()
 		rc, err := c.ReplicationControllers(ns).Get(RCName)
 		if err == nil && rc.Spec.Replicas != 0 {
 			By("Cleaning up the replication controller")
 			err := DeleteRC(c, ns, RCName)
 			expectNoError(err)
 		}
-		framework.afterEach()
 	})
 
 	// This test verifies that max-pods flag works as advertised. It assumes that cluster add-on pods stay stable