diff --git a/src/go/k8s/pkg/resources/statefulset.go b/src/go/k8s/pkg/resources/statefulset.go
index 93361e367f146..246f4b8c241e3 100644
--- a/src/go/k8s/pkg/resources/statefulset.go
+++ b/src/go/k8s/pkg/resources/statefulset.go
@@ -557,8 +557,8 @@ func (r *StatefulSetResource) getPreStopHook() *corev1.Handler {
 	curlGetCommand := r.composeCURLMaintenanceCommand(`--silent`, &genericMaintenancePath)
 	cmd := strings.Join(
 		[]string{
-			fmt.Sprintf(`until [ "${status:-}" = "200" ]; do status=$(%s); sleep 0.5; done`, curlCommand),
-			fmt.Sprintf(`until [ "${finished:-}" = "true" ]; do finished=$(%s | grep -o '\"finished\":[^,}]*' | grep -o '[^: ]*$'); sleep 0.5; done`, curlGetCommand),
+			fmt.Sprintf(`until [ "${status:-}" = "200" ] || [ "${status:-}" = "400" ]; do status=$(%s); sleep 0.5; done`, curlCommand),
+			fmt.Sprintf(`until [ "${status:-}" = "400" ] || [ "${finished:-}" = "true" ]; do finished=$(%s | grep -o '\"finished\":[^,}]*' | grep -o '[^: ]*$'); sleep 0.5; done`, curlGetCommand),
 		}, " && ")
 
 	return &corev1.Handler{