diff --git a/test/e2e/kube-ovn/ipam/ipam.go b/test/e2e/kube-ovn/ipam/ipam.go
index 753d2577b8e..21addd2dd7a 100644
--- a/test/e2e/kube-ovn/ipam/ipam.go
+++ b/test/e2e/kube-ovn/ipam/ipam.go
@@ -529,15 +529,14 @@ var _ = framework.Describe("[group:ipam]", func() {
 		ippoolClient.CreateSync(ippool1)
 		ippoolClient.CreateSync(ippool2)
 
-		ginkgo.By("Creating deployment " + testDeployName + " without IPPool annotation")
+		ginkgo.By("Creating statefulset " + testDeployName + " with logical switch annotation and no ippool annotation")
 		labels := map[string]string{"app": testDeployName}
-		annotations := map[string]string{util.LogicalSwitchAnnotation: subnetName}
-		deploy := framework.MakeDeployment(testDeployName, int32(replicas), labels, annotations, "pause", framework.PauseImage, "")
-		deployClient.CreateSync(deploy)
+		sts := framework.MakeStatefulSet(testDeployName, testDeployName, int32(replicas), labels, framework.PauseImage)
+		sts.Spec.Template.Annotations = map[string]string{util.LogicalSwitchAnnotation: subnetName}
+		sts = stsClient.CreateSync(sts)
 
-		ginkgo.By("Getting pods for deployment " + testDeployName)
-		pods, err := deployClient.GetPods(deploy)
-		framework.ExpectNoError(err, "failed to get pods for deployment "+testDeployName)
+		ginkgo.By("Getting pods for statefulset " + testDeployName)
+		pods := stsClient.GetPods(sts)
 		framework.ExpectHaveLen(pods.Items, replicas)
 
 		for _, pod := range pods.Items {