diff --git a/util/test/tester/client.go b/util/test/tester/client.go
index fb8b914..9a2e63a 100644
--- a/util/test/tester/client.go
+++ b/util/test/tester/client.go
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ import (
 func TestClientFunctions(c client.Client) {
 	ctx := context.Background()
 	namespace, name := "test-"+rand.RandomString(4), "fake"
-	Ω(k8s.EnsureNamespace(ctx, c, namespace)).To(Succeed())
+	Eventually(k8s.EnsureNamespace(ctx, c, namespace), time.Minute).Should(Succeed()) // preventing the cache goroutine starts too slow
 	deploy := &appsv1.Deployment{
 		ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{Namespace: namespace, Name: name},
 		Spec: appsv1.DeploymentSpec{
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ func TestClientFunctions(c client.Client) {
 			},
 		},
 	}
-	Eventually(c.Create(ctx, deploy), time.Minute).Should(Succeed()) // preventing the cache goroutine starts too slow
+	Ω(c.Create(ctx, deploy)).To(Succeed())
 	Ω(c.Get(ctx, client.ObjectKey{Namespace: namespace, Name: name}, deploy)).To(Succeed())
 	Ω(c.List(ctx, &corev1.ServiceList{})).To(Succeed())
 	Ω(c.Update(ctx, deploy)).To(Succeed())