diff --git a/scripts/travis-helmtest.sh b/scripts/travis-helmtest.sh
index a3fefbacc..4741cc577 100755
--- a/scripts/travis-helmtest.sh
+++ b/scripts/travis-helmtest.sh
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ sudo scripts/minikube.sh k8s-sidecar
 sudo chown -R travis: "$HOME"/.minikube /usr/local/bin/kubectl
 
 NAMESPACE=cephcsi-e2e-$RANDOM
+# create ns for e2e
+kubectl create ns ${NAMESPACE}
 # set up helm
 scripts/install-helm.sh up
 # install cephcsi helm charts
@@ -23,4 +25,5 @@ go test github.com/ceph/ceph-csi/e2e -mod=vendor --deploy-timeout=10 -timeout=30
 #cleanup
 scripts/install-helm.sh cleanup-cephcsi ${NAMESPACE}
 scripts/install-helm.sh clean
+kubectl delete ns ${NAMESPACE}
 sudo scripts/minikube.sh clean