diff --git a/ceph-provisioners/templates/bin/_helm-tests.sh.tpl b/ceph-provisioners/templates/bin/_helm-tests.sh.tpl
index f3d296148..e98b0210d 100644
--- a/ceph-provisioners/templates/bin/_helm-tests.sh.tpl
+++ b/ceph-provisioners/templates/bin/_helm-tests.sh.tpl
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ function storageclass_validation()
   pod_name=$2
   pvc_name=$3
   storageclass=$4
+
   echo "--> Starting validation"
 
   # storageclass check
@@ -64,9 +65,9 @@ spec:
 EOF
 
   # waiting for pvc to get create
-  end=$(($(date +%s) + 120))
-  while ! kubectl get pvc -n $pvc_namespace $pvc_name|grep Bound; do
-    if [ "$(date +%s)" -gt $end ]; then
+  end=$(($(date +%s) + TEST_POD_WAIT_TIMEOUT))
+  while ! kubectl get pvc -n $pvc_namespace $pvc_name | grep Bound; do
+    if [ "$(date +%s)" -gt "${end}" ]; then
       kubectl get pvc -n $pvc_namespace $pvc_name
       kubectl get pv
       echo "Storageclass is available but can't create PersistentVolumeClaim."
@@ -101,12 +102,16 @@ spec:
       claimName: $pvc_name
 EOF
 
-  # waiting for pod to get create
-  sleep 60
-  if ! kubectl get pods -n $pvc_namespace $pod_name; then
-    echo "Can not create POD with rbd storage class $storageclass based PersistentVolumeClaim."
-    echo 1
-  fi
+  # waiting for pod to get completed
+  end=$(($(date +%s) + TEST_POD_WAIT_TIMEOUT))
+  while ! kubectl get pods -n $pvc_namespace $pod_name | grep -i Completed; do
+    if [ "$(date +%s)" -gt "${end}" ]; then
+      kubectl get pods -n $pvc_namespace $pod_name
+      echo "Cannot create POD with rbd storage class $storageclass based PersistentVolumeClaim."
+      exit 1
+    fi
+    sleep 10
+  done
 
 }
 
diff --git a/ceph-provisioners/templates/pod-helm-tests.yaml b/ceph-provisioners/templates/pod-helm-tests.yaml
index bd428f8cd..d9781f95a 100644
--- a/ceph-provisioners/templates/pod-helm-tests.yaml
+++ b/ceph-provisioners/templates/pod-helm-tests.yaml
@@ -91,6 +91,8 @@ spec:
           value: {{ .Values.pod.test_pod.cephfs.name }}
         - name: CEPHFS_TEST_PVC_NAME
           value: {{ .Values.pod.test_pod.cephfs.pvc_name }}
+        - name: TEST_POD_WAIT_TIMEOUT
+          value: {{ .Values.pod.test_pod.wait_timeout | quote }}
       command:
         - /tmp/helm-tests.sh
       volumeMounts:
diff --git a/ceph-provisioners/values.yaml b/ceph-provisioners/values.yaml
index c401d2c0c..0f8038918 100644
--- a/ceph-provisioners/values.yaml
+++ b/ceph-provisioners/values.yaml
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ labels:
 
 pod:
   test_pod:
+    wait_timeout: 120
     rbd:
       name: rbd-prov-test-pod
       pvc_name: rbd-prov-test-pvc