diff --git a/test/e2e/kube-ovn/ipam/ipam.go b/test/e2e/kube-ovn/ipam/ipam.go
index fddbd483cfe..2fbc12e480b 100644
--- a/test/e2e/kube-ovn/ipam/ipam.go
+++ b/test/e2e/kube-ovn/ipam/ipam.go
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ var _ = framework.Describe("[group:ipam]", func() {
 			util.IPPoolAnnotation: ippool,
 		}
 		ns := framework.MakeNamespace(newNamespaceName, nil, nsAnnotations)
-		ns = nsClient.Create(ns)
+		nsClient.Create(ns)
 
 		ginkgo.By("Creating deployment " + deployName + " without IPPool")
 		labels := map[string]string{"app": deployName}