diff --git a/test/e2e/fixtures.go b/test/e2e/fixtures.go
index 45af883bccd..655202dd9ec 100644
--- a/test/e2e/fixtures.go
+++ b/test/e2e/fixtures.go
@@ -275,7 +275,7 @@ func setupTestForFlowAggregator(tb testing.TB, o flowVisibilityTestOptions) (*Te
 	if err := NewPodBuilder("ipfix-collector", testData.testNamespace, ipfixCollectorImage).InHostNetwork().Create(testData); err != nil {
 		tb.Errorf("Error when creating the ipfix collector Pod: %v", err)
 	}
-	ipfixCollectorIP, err := testData.podWaitForIPs(defaultTimeout, "ipfix-collector", testData.testNamespace)
+	ipfixCollectorIP, err := testData.podWaitForIPs(defaultTimeout, ipfixPodName, testData.testNamespace)
 	if err != nil || len(ipfixCollectorIP.IPStrings) == 0 {
 		tb.Errorf("Error when waiting to get ipfix collector Pod IP: %v", err)
 		return nil, v4Enabled, v6Enabled, err
diff --git a/test/e2e/flowaggregator_test.go b/test/e2e/flowaggregator_test.go
index 5949b469902..a15c7950139 100644
--- a/test/e2e/flowaggregator_test.go
+++ b/test/e2e/flowaggregator_test.go
@@ -1407,12 +1407,10 @@ func getCollectorOutput(t *testing.T, srcIP, dstIP, srcPort string, isDstService
 	// In the ToExternalFlows test, flow record will arrive 5.5s (exporterActiveFlowExportTimeout+aggregatorActiveFlowRecordTimeout) after executing wget command
 	// We set the timeout to 9s (5.5s plus one more aggregatorActiveFlowRecordTimeout) to make the ToExternalFlows test more stable
 	err := wait.PollImmediate(defaultInterval, defaultTimeout, func() (bool, error) {
-		var rc int
 		var err error
-		// `pod-running-timeout` option is added to cover scenarios where ipfix flow-collector has crashed after being deployed
-		rc, collectorOutput, _, err = data.RunCommandOnNode(controlPlaneNodeName(), fmt.Sprintf("kubectl logs --pod-running-timeout=%v ipfix-collector -n %s", aggregatorInactiveFlowRecordTimeout.String(), data.testNamespace))
-		if err != nil || rc != 0 {
-			return false, err
+		collectorOutput, err = data.GetPodLogs(context.TODO(), data.testNamespace, ipfixPodName, "")
+		if err != nil {
+			return false, nil
 		}
 
 		// Checking that all the data records which correspond to the iperf flow are received
diff --git a/test/e2e/framework.go b/test/e2e/framework.go
index 7973fb7f9d2..956927e104f 100644
--- a/test/e2e/framework.go
+++ b/test/e2e/framework.go
@@ -134,6 +134,7 @@ const (
 	toolboxImage        = "projects.registry.vmware.com/antrea/toolbox:1.2-1"
 	ipfixCollectorImage = "projects.registry.vmware.com/antrea/ipfix-collector:v0.6.2"
 	ipfixCollectorPort  = "4739"
+	ipfixPodName        = "ipfix-collector"
 	clickHouseHTTPPort  = "8123"
 
 	nginxLBService = "nginx-loadbalancer"