diff --git a/test/logstream/v2/stream_test.go b/test/logstream/v2/stream_test.go
index 2bc05f6b3..1acb7c079 100644
--- a/test/logstream/v2/stream_test.go
+++ b/test/logstream/v2/stream_test.go
@@ -304,8 +304,9 @@ func TestNamespaceStream(t *testing.T) {
 
 	// We can't assume that the cancel signal doesn't race the pod creation signal, so
 	// we retry a few times to give some leeway.
-	if err := wait.PollUntilContextTimeout(ctx, 10*time.Millisecond, time.Second, true, func(ctx context.Context) (bool, error) {
-		if _, err := podClient.Create(context.Background(), knativePod, metav1.CreateOptions{}); err != nil {
+	pollCtx := context.Background()
+	if err := wait.PollUntilContextTimeout(pollCtx, 10*time.Millisecond, time.Second, true, func(ctx context.Context) (bool, error) {
+		if _, err := podClient.Create(pollCtx, knativePod, metav1.CreateOptions{}); err != nil {
 			return false, err
 		}