diff --git a/test/e2e/e2e_test.go b/test/e2e/e2e_test.go
index d175370ea..bc2e365a4 100644
--- a/test/e2e/e2e_test.go
+++ b/test/e2e/e2e_test.go
@@ -863,7 +863,17 @@ func testE2E() {
 			"reason=VolumeResizeFailed"
 		var events corev1.EventList
 		err = getObjects(&events, "events", "-n", ns, "--field-selector="+fieldSelector)
-		Expect(err).To(BeEquivalentTo(ErrObjectNotFound))
+		wasModified := "the object has been modified; please apply your changes to the latest version and try again"
+		if !errors.Is(err, ErrObjectNotFound) {
+			for _, item := range events.Items {
+				if strings.Contains(item.Message, wasModified) {
+					By("VolumeResizeFailed event was skipped, " +
+						"as it was caused by kubelet resource version inconsistency")
+				} else {
+					Fail(fmt.Sprintf("unexpected VolumeResizeFailed event: %s", item.Message))
+				}
+			}
+		}
 
 		By("resizing PVC over vg capacity")
 		claimYAML = []byte(fmt.Sprintf(pvcTemplateYAML, "topo-pvc", "Filesystem", 100*1024, "topolvm-provisioner"))