diff --git a/resource-managers/kubernetes/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/scheduler/cluster/k8s/ExecutorPodsAllocator.scala b/resource-managers/kubernetes/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/scheduler/cluster/k8s/ExecutorPodsAllocator.scala
index ef3547fd389f..8bc6e9340871 100644
--- a/resource-managers/kubernetes/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/scheduler/cluster/k8s/ExecutorPodsAllocator.scala
+++ b/resource-managers/kubernetes/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/scheduler/cluster/k8s/ExecutorPodsAllocator.scala
@@ -430,7 +430,7 @@ class ExecutorPodsAllocator(
         val reusablePVCs = createdPVCs
           .filterNot(pvc => pvcsInUse.contains(pvc.getMetadata.getName))
           .filter(pvc => now - Instant.parse(pvc.getMetadata.getCreationTimestamp).toEpochMilli
-            > podAllocationDelay)
+            > podCreationTimeout)
         logInfo(log"Found ${MDC(LogKeys.COUNT, reusablePVCs.size)} reusable PVCs from " +
           log"${MDC(LogKeys.TOTAL, createdPVCs.size)} PVCs")
         reusablePVCs
diff --git a/resource-managers/kubernetes/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/scheduler/cluster/k8s/ExecutorPodsAllocatorSuite.scala b/resource-managers/kubernetes/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/scheduler/cluster/k8s/ExecutorPodsAllocatorSuite.scala
index 74a56729e86d..093f5ef3bcb7 100644
--- a/resource-managers/kubernetes/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/scheduler/cluster/k8s/ExecutorPodsAllocatorSuite.scala
+++ b/resource-managers/kubernetes/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/scheduler/cluster/k8s/ExecutorPodsAllocatorSuite.scala
@@ -771,7 +771,7 @@ class ExecutorPodsAllocatorSuite extends SparkFunSuite with BeforeAndAfter {
 
     val pvc = persistentVolumeClaim("pvc-0", "gp2", "200Gi")
     pvc.getMetadata
-      .setCreationTimestamp(Instant.now().minus(podAllocationDelay + 1, MILLIS).toString)
+      .setCreationTimestamp(Instant.now().minus(podCreationTimeout + 1, MILLIS).toString)
     when(persistentVolumeClaimList.getItems).thenReturn(Seq(pvc).asJava)
     when(executorBuilder.buildFromFeatures(any(classOf[KubernetesExecutorConf]), meq(secMgr),
         meq(kubernetesClient), any(classOf[ResourceProfile])))
@@ -849,7 +849,7 @@ class ExecutorPodsAllocatorSuite extends SparkFunSuite with BeforeAndAfter {
     val pvc2 = persistentVolumeClaim("pvc-2", "gp2", "200Gi")
 
     val now = Instant.now()
-    pvc1.getMetadata.setCreationTimestamp(now.minus(2 * podAllocationDelay, MILLIS).toString)
+    pvc1.getMetadata.setCreationTimestamp(now.minus(podCreationTimeout + 1, MILLIS).toString)
     pvc2.getMetadata.setCreationTimestamp(now.toString)
 
     when(persistentVolumeClaimList.getItems).thenReturn(Seq(pvc1, pvc2).asJava)