diff --git a/src/test/librados/tier.cc b/src/test/librados/tier.cc
index 208380bc7b9d1..1e94bddd89ecd 100644
--- a/src/test/librados/tier.cc
+++ b/src/test/librados/tier.cc
@@ -76,16 +76,15 @@ class LibRadosTwoPoolsPP : public RadosTestPP
   static void SetUpTestCase() {
     pool_name = get_temp_pool_name();
     ASSERT_EQ("", create_one_pool_pp(pool_name, s_cluster));
-    cache_pool_name = get_temp_pool_name();
-    ASSERT_EQ(0, s_cluster.pool_create(cache_pool_name.c_str()));
   }
   static void TearDownTestCase() {
-    ASSERT_EQ(0, s_cluster.pool_delete(cache_pool_name.c_str()));
     ASSERT_EQ(0, destroy_one_pool_pp(pool_name, s_cluster));
   }
   static std::string cache_pool_name;
 
   virtual void SetUp() {
+    cache_pool_name = get_temp_pool_name();
+    ASSERT_EQ(0, s_cluster.pool_create(cache_pool_name.c_str()));
     RadosTestPP::SetUp();
     ASSERT_EQ(0, cluster.ioctx_create(cache_pool_name.c_str(), cache_ioctx));
     cache_ioctx.set_namespace(nspace);
@@ -114,6 +113,7 @@ class LibRadosTwoPoolsPP : public RadosTestPP
     cleanup_namespace(cache_ioctx, nspace);
 
     cache_ioctx.close();
+    ASSERT_EQ(0, s_cluster.pool_delete(cache_pool_name.c_str()));
   }
   librados::IoCtx cache_ioctx;
 };
@@ -2399,16 +2399,15 @@ class LibRadosTwoPoolsECPP : public RadosTestECPP
   static void SetUpTestCase() {
     pool_name = get_temp_pool_name();
     ASSERT_EQ("", create_one_ec_pool_pp(pool_name, s_cluster));
-    cache_pool_name = get_temp_pool_name();
-    ASSERT_EQ(0, s_cluster.pool_create(cache_pool_name.c_str()));
   }
   static void TearDownTestCase() {
-    ASSERT_EQ(0, s_cluster.pool_delete(cache_pool_name.c_str()));
     ASSERT_EQ(0, destroy_one_ec_pool_pp(pool_name, s_cluster));
   }
   static std::string cache_pool_name;
 
   virtual void SetUp() {
+    cache_pool_name = get_temp_pool_name();
+    ASSERT_EQ(0, s_cluster.pool_create(cache_pool_name.c_str()));
     RadosTestECPP::SetUp();
     ASSERT_EQ(0, cluster.ioctx_create(cache_pool_name.c_str(), cache_ioctx));
     cache_ioctx.set_namespace(nspace);
@@ -2437,6 +2436,7 @@ class LibRadosTwoPoolsECPP : public RadosTestECPP
     cleanup_namespace(cache_ioctx, nspace);
 
     cache_ioctx.close();
+    ASSERT_EQ(0, s_cluster.pool_delete(cache_pool_name.c_str()));
   }
 
   librados::IoCtx cache_ioctx;