diff --git a/tests/integration/tests/test_loadbalancer.py b/tests/integration/tests/test_loadbalancer.py
index 2bd3a4bbf..b35f955bb 100644
--- a/tests/integration/tests/test_loadbalancer.py
+++ b/tests/integration/tests/test_loadbalancer.py
@@ -2,10 +2,10 @@
 # Copyright 2024 Canonical, Ltd.
 #
 import ipaddress
-import json
 import logging
-from pathlib import Path
+import subprocess
 import time
+from pathlib import Path
 from typing import List
 
 import pytest
@@ -118,8 +118,23 @@ def test_loadbalancer(instances: List[harness.Instance]):
 
     # Try to access the service via Ingress
     instance.exec(["k8s", "enable", "ingress"])
-    instance.exec(["k8s", "kubectl", "apply", "-f", "-"], input=Path(MANIFESTS_DIR / "ingress-test.yaml").read_bytes())
-    instance.exec(["k8s", "kubectl", "wait", "--for=condition=ready", "pod", "-l", "run=my-nginx", "--timeout", "180s"])
+    instance.exec(
+        ["k8s", "kubectl", "apply", "-f", "-"],
+        input=Path(MANIFESTS_DIR / "ingress-test.yaml").read_bytes(),
+    )
+    instance.exec(
+        [
+            "k8s",
+            "kubectl",
+            "wait",
+            "--for=condition=ready",
+            "pod",
+            "-l",
+            "run=my-nginx",
+            "--timeout",
+            "180s",
+        ]
+    )
 
     try_count = 0
     ingress_ip = None
@@ -127,20 +142,24 @@ def test_loadbalancer(instances: List[harness.Instance]):
         try_count += 1
         for svc in ["ck-ingress-contour-envoy", "cilium-ingress"]:
             try:
-                ingress_ip = instance.exec(
-                    [
-                        "k8s",
-                        "kubectl",
-                        "--namespace",
-                        "kube-system",
-                        "get",
-                        "service",
-                        svc,
-                        "-o=jsonpath='{.status.loadBalancer.ingress[0].ip}'",
-                    ],
-                    capture_output=True,
-                ).stdout.decode().replace("'", "")
-            except :
+                ingress_ip = (
+                    instance.exec(
+                        [
+                            "k8s",
+                            "kubectl",
+                            "--namespace",
+                            "kube-system",
+                            "get",
+                            "service",
+                            svc,
+                            "-o=jsonpath='{.status.loadBalancer.ingress[0].ip}'",
+                        ],
+                        capture_output=True,
+                    )
+                    .stdout.decode()
+                    .replace("'", "")
+                )
+            except subprocess.CalledProcessError:
                 ingress_ip = None
                 pass
         time.sleep(3)