diff --git a/pkg/controller/subnet.go b/pkg/controller/subnet.go
index cc8e28d8871..bfea5f61a64 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/subnet.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/subnet.go
@@ -111,12 +111,12 @@ func (c *Controller) enqueueUpdateSubnet(old, new interface{}) {
 
 		if oldSubnet.Spec.GatewayType != newSubnet.Spec.GatewayType {
 			c.recorder.Eventf(newSubnet, v1.EventTypeNormal, "SubnetGatewayTypeChanged",
-				"subnet gateway type changes from %s to %s ", oldSubnet.Spec.GatewayType, newSubnet.Spec.GatewayType)
+				"subnet gateway type changes from %q to %q", oldSubnet.Spec.GatewayType, newSubnet.Spec.GatewayType)
 		}
 
 		if oldSubnet.Spec.GatewayNode != newSubnet.Spec.GatewayNode {
 			c.recorder.Eventf(newSubnet, v1.EventTypeNormal, "SubnetGatewayNodeChanged",
-				"gateway node changes from %s to %s ", oldSubnet.Spec.GatewayNode, newSubnet.Spec.GatewayNode)
+				"gateway node changes from %q to %q", oldSubnet.Spec.GatewayNode, newSubnet.Spec.GatewayNode)
 		}
 
 		c.addOrUpdateSubnetQueue.Add(key)
diff --git a/test/e2e/framework/daemonset.go b/test/e2e/framework/daemonset.go
index 182926af7b5..941cc320c3a 100644
--- a/test/e2e/framework/daemonset.go
+++ b/test/e2e/framework/daemonset.go
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import (
 type DaemonSetClient struct {
 	f *Framework
 	v1apps.DaemonSetInterface
+	namespace string
 }
 
 func (f *Framework) DaemonSetClient() *DaemonSetClient {
@@ -32,6 +33,7 @@ func (f *Framework) DaemonSetClientNS(namespace string) *DaemonSetClient {
 	return &DaemonSetClient{
 		f:                  f,
 		DaemonSetInterface: f.ClientSet.AppsV1().DaemonSets(namespace),
+		namespace:          namespace,
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/test/e2e/framework/deployment.go b/test/e2e/framework/deployment.go
index d277a6d9389..59e41e540bc 100644
--- a/test/e2e/framework/deployment.go
+++ b/test/e2e/framework/deployment.go
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ import (
 type DeploymentClient struct {
 	f *Framework
 	v1apps.DeploymentInterface
+	namespace string
 }
 
 func (f *Framework) DeploymentClient() *DeploymentClient {
@@ -39,6 +40,7 @@ func (f *Framework) DeploymentClientNS(namespace string) *DeploymentClient {
 	return &DeploymentClient{
 		f:                   f,
 		DeploymentInterface: f.ClientSet.AppsV1().Deployments(namespace),
+		namespace:           namespace,
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/test/e2e/framework/endpoints.go b/test/e2e/framework/endpoints.go
index 21bc23c9e70..ae9685b1e56 100644
--- a/test/e2e/framework/endpoints.go
+++ b/test/e2e/framework/endpoints.go
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import (
 type EndpointsClient struct {
 	f *Framework
 	v1core.EndpointsInterface
+	namespace string
 }
 
 func (f *Framework) EndpointClient() *EndpointsClient {
@@ -31,6 +32,7 @@ func (f *Framework) EndpointsClientNS(namespace string) *EndpointsClient {
 	return &EndpointsClient{
 		f:                  f,
 		EndpointsInterface: f.ClientSet.CoreV1().Endpoints(namespace),
+		namespace:          namespace,
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/test/e2e/framework/event.go b/test/e2e/framework/event.go
index 4fd72ea100a..d346f16a16a 100644
--- a/test/e2e/framework/event.go
+++ b/test/e2e/framework/event.go
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import (
 type EventClient struct {
 	f *Framework
 	typedcorev1.EventInterface
+	namespace string
 }
 
 func (f *Framework) EventClient() *EventClient {
@@ -23,6 +24,7 @@ func (f *Framework) EventClientNS(namespace string) *EventClient {
 	return &EventClient{
 		f:              f,
 		EventInterface: f.ClientSet.CoreV1().Events(namespace),
+		namespace:      namespace,
 	}
 }
 
@@ -30,7 +32,7 @@ func (f *Framework) EventClientNS(namespace string) *EventClient {
 func (c *EventClient) WaitToHaveEvent(kind, name, eventType, reason, sourceComponent, sourceHost string) []corev1.Event {
 	var result []corev1.Event
 	err := wait.PollUntilContextTimeout(context.Background(), poll, timeout, false, func(ctx context.Context) (bool, error) {
-		Logf("Waiting for %s %s/%s to have event %s/%s", kind, c.f.Namespace.Name, name, eventType, reason)
+		Logf("Waiting for %s %s/%s to have event %s/%s", kind, c.namespace, name, eventType, reason)
 		selector := fields.Set{
 			"involvedObject.kind": kind,
 			"involvedObject.name": name,
diff --git a/test/e2e/framework/network-policy.go b/test/e2e/framework/network-policy.go
index 174bbfc1cd7..6c08df8651f 100644
--- a/test/e2e/framework/network-policy.go
+++ b/test/e2e/framework/network-policy.go
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ import (
 type NetworkPolicyClient struct {
 	f *Framework
 	v1net.NetworkPolicyInterface
+	namespace string
 }
 
 func (f *Framework) NetworkPolicyClient() *NetworkPolicyClient {
@@ -28,6 +29,7 @@ func (f *Framework) NetworkPolicyClientNS(namespace string) *NetworkPolicyClient
 	return &NetworkPolicyClient{
 		f:                      f,
 		NetworkPolicyInterface: f.ClientSet.NetworkingV1().NetworkPolicies(namespace),
+		namespace:              namespace,
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/test/e2e/framework/pod.go b/test/e2e/framework/pod.go
index 8f3921ba0bb..3a3a57bc822 100644
--- a/test/e2e/framework/pod.go
+++ b/test/e2e/framework/pod.go
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ import (
 type PodClient struct {
 	f *Framework
 	*e2epod.PodClient
+	namespace string
 }
 
 func (f *Framework) PodClient() *PodClient {
@@ -24,7 +25,7 @@ func (f *Framework) PodClient() *PodClient {
 }
 
 func (f *Framework) PodClientNS(namespace string) *PodClient {
-	return &PodClient{f, e2epod.PodClientNS(f.Framework, namespace)}
+	return &PodClient{f, e2epod.PodClientNS(f.Framework, namespace), namespace}
 }
 
 func (c *PodClient) GetPod(name string) *corev1.Pod {
@@ -75,12 +76,12 @@ func (c *PodClient) Patch(original, modified *corev1.Pod) *corev1.Pod {
 }
 
 func (c *PodClient) WaitForRunning(name string) {
-	err := e2epod.WaitTimeoutForPodRunningInNamespace(context.TODO(), c.f.ClientSet, name, c.f.Namespace.Name, timeout)
+	err := e2epod.WaitTimeoutForPodRunningInNamespace(context.TODO(), c.f.ClientSet, name, c.namespace, timeout)
 	ExpectNoError(err)
 }
 
 func (c *PodClient) WaitForNotFound(name string) {
-	err := e2epod.WaitForPodNotFoundInNamespace(context.TODO(), c.f.ClientSet, name, c.f.Namespace.Name, timeout)
+	err := e2epod.WaitForPodNotFoundInNamespace(context.TODO(), c.f.ClientSet, name, c.namespace, timeout)
 	ExpectNoError(err)
 }
 
diff --git a/test/e2e/framework/service.go b/test/e2e/framework/service.go
index 54a2742f3aa..78083d11e97 100644
--- a/test/e2e/framework/service.go
+++ b/test/e2e/framework/service.go
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import (
 type ServiceClient struct {
 	f *Framework
 	v1core.ServiceInterface
+	namespace string
 }
 
 func (f *Framework) ServiceClient() *ServiceClient {
@@ -33,6 +34,7 @@ func (f *Framework) ServiceClientNS(namespace string) *ServiceClient {
 	return &ServiceClient{
 		f:                f,
 		ServiceInterface: f.ClientSet.CoreV1().Services(namespace),
+		namespace:        namespace,
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/test/e2e/framework/statefulset.go b/test/e2e/framework/statefulset.go
index a5677c201c5..f98bc70d705 100644
--- a/test/e2e/framework/statefulset.go
+++ b/test/e2e/framework/statefulset.go
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import (
 type StatefulSetClient struct {
 	f *Framework
 	v1apps.StatefulSetInterface
+	namespace string
 }
 
 func (f *Framework) StatefulSetClient() *StatefulSetClient {
@@ -29,6 +30,7 @@ func (f *Framework) StatefulSetClientNS(namespace string) *StatefulSetClient {
 	return &StatefulSetClient{
 		f:                    f,
 		StatefulSetInterface: f.ClientSet.AppsV1().StatefulSets(namespace),
+		namespace:            namespace,
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/test/e2e/framework/switch-lb-rule.go b/test/e2e/framework/switch-lb-rule.go
index a3b8737e1a9..b5038c0039a 100644
--- a/test/e2e/framework/switch-lb-rule.go
+++ b/test/e2e/framework/switch-lb-rule.go
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import (
 type SwitchLBRuleClient struct {
 	f *Framework
 	v1.SwitchLBRuleInterface
+	namespace string
 }
 
 func (f *Framework) SwitchLBRuleClient() *SwitchLBRuleClient {
@@ -33,6 +34,7 @@ func (f *Framework) SwitchLBRuleClientNS(namespace string) *SwitchLBRuleClient {
 	return &SwitchLBRuleClient{
 		f:                     f,
 		SwitchLBRuleInterface: f.KubeOVNClientSet.KubeovnV1().SwitchLBRules(),
+		namespace:             namespace,
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/test/e2e/kube-ovn/subnet/subnet.go b/test/e2e/kube-ovn/subnet/subnet.go
index 6a1b470646f..b4267aebe27 100644
--- a/test/e2e/kube-ovn/subnet/subnet.go
+++ b/test/e2e/kube-ovn/subnet/subnet.go
@@ -1032,10 +1032,10 @@ var _ = framework.Describe("[group:subnet]", func() {
 		eventClient = f.EventClientNS("default")
 		events := eventClient.WaitToHaveEvent("Subnet", subnetName, "Normal", "SubnetGatewayTypeChanged", "kube-ovn-controller", "")
 
-		message := fmt.Sprintf("subnet gateway type changes from %s to %s ", apiv1.GWDistributedType, apiv1.GWCentralizedType)
+		message := fmt.Sprintf("subnet gateway type changes from %q to %q", apiv1.GWDistributedType, apiv1.GWCentralizedType)
 		found := false
 		for _, event := range events {
-			if strings.Contains(event.Message, message) {
+			if event.Message == message {
 				found = true
 				break
 			}
@@ -1043,9 +1043,9 @@ var _ = framework.Describe("[group:subnet]", func() {
 		framework.ExpectTrue(found, "no SubnetGatewayTypeChanged event")
 		found = false
 		events = eventClient.WaitToHaveEvent("Subnet", subnetName, "Normal", "SubnetGatewayNodeChanged", "kube-ovn-controller", "")
-		message = fmt.Sprintf("gateway node changes from %s to %s ", "", modifiedSubnet.Spec.GatewayNode)
+		message = fmt.Sprintf("gateway node changes from %q to %q", "", modifiedSubnet.Spec.GatewayNode)
 		for _, event := range events {
-			if strings.Contains(event.Message, message) {
+			if event.Message == message {
 				found = true
 				break
 			}
@@ -1073,6 +1073,7 @@ var _ = framework.Describe("[group:subnet]", func() {
 			}
 		}
 	})
+
 	framework.ConformanceIt("should support subnet add nat outgoing policy rules ", func() {
 		f.SkipVersionPriorTo(1, 12, "Support for subnet add nat outgoing policy rules in v1.12")
 
diff --git a/test/e2e/kube-ovn/underlay/underlay.go b/test/e2e/kube-ovn/underlay/underlay.go
index 526c886fed1..1808147cb7a 100644
--- a/test/e2e/kube-ovn/underlay/underlay.go
+++ b/test/e2e/kube-ovn/underlay/underlay.go
@@ -47,6 +47,18 @@ func makeProviderNetwork(providerNetworkName string, exchangeLinkName bool, link
 	return framework.MakeProviderNetwork(providerNetworkName, exchangeLinkName, defaultInterface, customInterfaces, nil)
 }
 
+func waitSubnetStatusUpdate(subnetName string, subnetClient *framework.SubnetClient, expectedUsingIPs float64) {
+	ginkgo.By("Waiting for status of subnet " + subnetName + " to be updated")
+	framework.WaitUntil(2*time.Second, 30*time.Second, func(_ context.Context) (bool, error) {
+		subnet := subnetClient.Get(subnetName)
+		if (subnet.Status.V4AvailableIPs != 0 && subnet.Status.V4UsingIPs != expectedUsingIPs) ||
+			(subnet.Status.V6AvailableIPs != 0 && subnet.Status.V6UsingIPs != expectedUsingIPs) {
+			return false, nil
+		}
+		return true, nil
+	}, "")
+}
+
 var _ = framework.SerialDescribe("[group:underlay]", func() {
 	f := framework.NewDefaultFramework("underlay")
 
@@ -521,6 +533,7 @@ var _ = framework.SerialDescribe("[group:underlay]", func() {
 		args := []string{"netexec", "--http-port", strconv.Itoa(curlListenPort)}
 		originUnderlayPod := framework.MakePod(namespaceName, u2oPodNameUnderlay, nil, annotations, framework.AgnhostImage, nil, args)
 		underlayPod := podClient.CreateSync(originUnderlayPod)
+		waitSubnetStatusUpdate(subnetName, subnetClient, 2)
 
 		ginkgo.By("Creating overlay subnet " + u2oOverlaySubnetName)
 		cidr := framework.RandomCIDR(f.ClusterIpFamily)
@@ -552,6 +565,7 @@ var _ = framework.SerialDescribe("[group:underlay]", func() {
 
 		ginkgo.By("Creating underlay pod " + u2oPodNameUnderlay)
 		underlayPod = podClient.CreateSync(originUnderlayPod)
+		waitSubnetStatusUpdate(subnetName, subnetClient, 1)
 
 		subnet = subnetClient.Get(subnetName)
 		checkU2OItems(f, subnet, underlayPod, overlayPod, false)
@@ -569,6 +583,7 @@ var _ = framework.SerialDescribe("[group:underlay]", func() {
 
 		ginkgo.By("Creating underlay pod " + u2oPodNameUnderlay)
 		underlayPod = podClient.CreateSync(originUnderlayPod)
+		waitSubnetStatusUpdate(subnetName, subnetClient, 2)
 
 		subnet = subnetClient.Get(subnetName)
 		checkU2OItems(f, subnet, underlayPod, overlayPod, false)
@@ -596,6 +611,7 @@ var _ = framework.SerialDescribe("[group:underlay]", func() {
 
 		ginkgo.By("Creating underlay pod " + u2oPodNameUnderlay)
 		underlayPod = podClient.CreateSync(originUnderlayPod)
+		waitSubnetStatusUpdate(subnetName, subnetClient, 1)
 
 		subnet = subnetClient.Get(subnetName)
 		checkU2OItems(f, subnet, underlayPod, overlayPod, false)
@@ -613,6 +629,7 @@ var _ = framework.SerialDescribe("[group:underlay]", func() {
 
 		ginkgo.By("Creating underlay pod " + u2oPodNameUnderlay)
 		underlayPod = podClient.CreateSync(originUnderlayPod)
+		waitSubnetStatusUpdate(subnetName, subnetClient, 2)
 
 		subnet = subnetClient.Get(subnetName)
 		checkU2OItems(f, subnet, underlayPod, overlayPod, false)
@@ -654,6 +671,7 @@ var _ = framework.SerialDescribe("[group:underlay]", func() {
 
 			ginkgo.By("Creating underlay pod " + u2oPodNameUnderlay)
 			underlayPod = podClient.CreateSync(originUnderlayPod)
+			waitSubnetStatusUpdate(subnetName, subnetClient, 2)
 
 			subnet = subnetClient.Get(subnetName)
 			checkU2OItems(f, subnet, underlayPod, overlayPod, false)
@@ -694,6 +712,7 @@ var _ = framework.SerialDescribe("[group:underlay]", func() {
 
 		ginkgo.By("Creating underlay pod " + u2oPodNameUnderlay)
 		underlayPod = podClient.CreateSync(originUnderlayPod)
+		waitSubnetStatusUpdate(subnetName, subnetClient, 2)
 
 		subnet = subnetClient.Get(subnetName)
 		checkU2OItems(f, subnet, underlayPod, podOverlayCustomVPC, true)
@@ -712,6 +731,7 @@ var _ = framework.SerialDescribe("[group:underlay]", func() {
 
 		ginkgo.By("Creating underlay pod " + u2oPodNameUnderlay)
 		underlayPod = podClient.CreateSync(originUnderlayPod)
+		waitSubnetStatusUpdate(subnetName, subnetClient, 2)
 
 		subnet = subnetClient.Get(subnetName)
 		checkU2OItems(f, subnet, underlayPod, overlayPod, false)
@@ -729,6 +749,7 @@ var _ = framework.SerialDescribe("[group:underlay]", func() {
 
 		ginkgo.By("Creating underlay pod " + u2oPodNameUnderlay)
 		underlayPod = podClient.CreateSync(originUnderlayPod)
+		waitSubnetStatusUpdate(subnetName, subnetClient, 1)
 
 		subnet = subnetClient.Get(subnetName)
 		checkU2OItems(f, subnet, underlayPod, overlayPod, false)