diff --git a/functests/1_performance/cpu_management.go b/functests/1_performance/cpu_management.go
index 1873e3a20..852266388 100644
--- a/functests/1_performance/cpu_management.go
+++ b/functests/1_performance/cpu_management.go
@@ -50,8 +50,9 @@ var _ = Describe("[rfe_id:27363][performance] CPU Management", func() {
 		Expect(err).ToNot(HaveOccurred(), fmt.Sprintf("error looking for the optional selector: %v", err))
 		Expect(workerRTNodes).ToNot(BeEmpty())
 		workerRTNode = &workerRTNodes[0]
-
 		profile, err = profiles.GetByNodeLabels(testutils.NodeSelectorLabels)
+		By(fmt.Sprintf("Checking the profile %s with cpus %#v", profile.Name, profile.Spec.CPU))
+
 		Expect(err).ToNot(HaveOccurred())
 		Expect(profile.Spec.HugePages).ToNot(BeNil())
 
diff --git a/functests/1_performance/performance.go b/functests/1_performance/performance.go
index bfc1b3716..b1e2bfa6f 100644
--- a/functests/1_performance/performance.go
+++ b/functests/1_performance/performance.go
@@ -318,6 +318,7 @@ var _ = Describe("[rfe_id:27368][performance]", func() {
 
 			By("Remove second profile and verify that KubeletConfig and MachineConfig were removed")
 			Expect(testclient.Client.Delete(context.TODO(), secondProfile)).ToNot(HaveOccurred())
+			Expect(profiles.WaitForDeletion(secondProfile, 60*time.Second)).ToNot(HaveOccurred())
 
 			Consistently(func() corev1.ConditionStatus {
 				return mcps.GetConditionStatus(testutils.RoleWorkerCNF, machineconfigv1.MachineConfigPoolUpdating)
diff --git a/functests/4_latency/latency.go b/functests/4_latency/latency.go
index bfe1c0d8a..99796fe67 100644
--- a/functests/4_latency/latency.go
+++ b/functests/4_latency/latency.go
@@ -108,7 +108,13 @@ var _ = Describe("[performance] Latency Test", func() {
 	})
 
 	AfterEach(func() {
-		if err := testclient.Client.Delete(context.TODO(), oslatPod); err != nil {
+		var err error
+		err = testclient.Client.Delete(context.TODO(), oslatPod)
+		if err != nil {
+			klog.Error(err)
+		}
+		err = pods.WaitForDeletion(oslatPod, 60*time.Second)
+		if err != nil {
 			klog.Error(err)
 		}
 	})
diff --git a/functests/utils/clean/clean.go b/functests/utils/clean/clean.go
index 11c738207..507704738 100644
--- a/functests/utils/clean/clean.go
+++ b/functests/utils/clean/clean.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
+	"time"
 
 	"github.com/openshift-kni/performance-addon-operators/pkg/controller/performanceprofile/components/profile"
 
@@ -12,6 +13,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/openshift-kni/performance-addon-operators/functests/utils"
 	testclient "github.com/openshift-kni/performance-addon-operators/functests/utils/client"
 	"github.com/openshift-kni/performance-addon-operators/functests/utils/mcps"
+	"github.com/openshift-kni/performance-addon-operators/functests/utils/profiles"
 	performancev1 "github.com/openshift-kni/performance-addon-operators/pkg/apis/performance/v1"
 	"github.com/openshift-kni/performance-addon-operators/pkg/controller/performanceprofile/components"
 	mcv1 "github.com/openshift/machine-config-operator/pkg/apis/machineconfiguration.openshift.io/v1"
@@ -45,6 +47,8 @@ func All() {
 	Expect(err).ToNot(HaveOccurred(), "Failed to find perf profile")
 	err = testclient.Client.Delete(context.TODO(), &perfProfile)
 	Expect(err).ToNot(HaveOccurred(), "Failed to delete perf profile")
+	err = profiles.WaitForDeletion(&perfProfile, 60*time.Second)
+	Expect(err).ToNot(HaveOccurred(), "Failed to wait for perf profile deletion")
 
 	mcpLabel := profile.GetMachineConfigLabel(&perfProfile)
 	key, value := components.GetFirstKeyAndValue(mcpLabel)
diff --git a/functests/utils/profiles/profiles.go b/functests/utils/profiles/profiles.go
index 7655e234b..44ee42d1d 100644
--- a/functests/utils/profiles/profiles.go
+++ b/functests/utils/profiles/profiles.go
@@ -4,9 +4,14 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
 	"reflect"
+	"time"
 
 	. "github.com/onsi/gomega"
 
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/errors"
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/types"
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/wait"
+
 	testclient "github.com/openshift-kni/performance-addon-operators/functests/utils/client"
 	performancev1 "github.com/openshift-kni/performance-addon-operators/pkg/apis/performance/v1"
 	v1 "github.com/openshift/custom-resource-status/conditions/v1"
@@ -36,6 +41,21 @@ func GetByNodeLabels(nodeLabels map[string]string) (*performancev1.PerformancePr
 	return result, nil
 }
 
+// WaitForDeletion waits until the pod will be removed from the cluster
+func WaitForDeletion(prof *performancev1.PerformanceProfile, timeout time.Duration) error {
+	key := types.NamespacedName{
+		Name:      prof.Name,
+		Namespace: prof.Namespace,
+	}
+	return wait.PollImmediate(time.Second, timeout, func() (bool, error) {
+		prof := &performancev1.PerformanceProfile{}
+		if err := testclient.Client.Get(context.TODO(), key, prof); errors.IsNotFound(err) {
+			return true, nil
+		}
+		return false, nil
+	})
+}
+
 // GetConditionMessage gets the performance profile message for the given type
 func GetConditionMessage(nodeLabels map[string]string, conditionType v1.ConditionType) string {
 	profile, err := GetByNodeLabels(nodeLabels)