diff --git a/mini-e2e-helm.groovy b/mini-e2e-helm.groovy
index fea51f270..d10d25d70 100644
--- a/mini-e2e-helm.groovy
+++ b/mini-e2e-helm.groovy
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ node('cico-workspace') {
 		}
 		stage('run e2e') {
 			timeout(time: 120, unit: 'MINUTES') {
-				ssh "cd /opt/build/go/src/github.com/ceph/ceph-csi && make run-e2e NAMESPACE='${namespace}' E2E_ARGS='--deploy-cephfs=false --deploy-rbd=false --helm-test=true'"
+				ssh "cd /opt/build/go/src/github.com/ceph/ceph-csi && make run-e2e NAMESPACE='${namespace}' E2E_ARGS='--delete-namespace-on-failure=false --deploy-cephfs=false --deploy-rbd=false --helm-test=true'"
 			}
 		}
 		stage('cleanup ceph-csi deployment') {
diff --git a/mini-e2e.groovy b/mini-e2e.groovy
index 61455bdf9..b33ea2a9e 100644
--- a/mini-e2e.groovy
+++ b/mini-e2e.groovy
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ node('cico-workspace') {
 		}
 		stage('run e2e') {
 			timeout(time: 120, unit: 'MINUTES') {
-				ssh 'cd /opt/build/go/src/github.com/ceph/ceph-csi && make run-e2e'
+				ssh 'cd /opt/build/go/src/github.com/ceph/ceph-csi && make run-e2e E2E_ARGS="--delete-namespace-on-failure=false"'
 			}
 		}
 	}