diff --git a/internal/integration/api/apply-config.go b/internal/integration/api/apply-config.go
index 69ed6a6b80..c7c9676d7b 100644
--- a/internal/integration/api/apply-config.go
+++ b/internal/integration/api/apply-config.go
@@ -128,6 +128,7 @@ func (suite *ApplyConfigSuite) TestApply() {
 
 			return nil
 		}, assertRebootedRebootTimeout,
+		suite.CleanupFailedPods,
 	)
 
 	// Verify configuration change
@@ -319,6 +320,7 @@ func (suite *ApplyConfigSuite) TestApplyConfigRotateEncryptionSecrets() {
 
 				return nil
 			}, assertRebootedRebootTimeout,
+			suite.CleanupFailedPods,
 		)
 
 		suite.ClearConnectionRefused(suite.ctx, node)
diff --git a/internal/integration/api/common.go b/internal/integration/api/common.go
index edcd916a3d..fef05b25eb 100644
--- a/internal/integration/api/common.go
+++ b/internal/integration/api/common.go
@@ -201,6 +201,7 @@ func (suite *CommonSuite) TestBaseOCISpec() {
 
 			return nil
 		}, assertRebootedRebootTimeout,
+		suite.CleanupFailedPods,
 	)
 
 	suite.ClearConnectionRefused(suite.ctx, node)
@@ -239,6 +240,7 @@ func (suite *CommonSuite) TestBaseOCISpec() {
 
 			return nil
 		}, assertRebootedRebootTimeout,
+		suite.CleanupFailedPods,
 	)
 
 	suite.ClearConnectionRefused(suite.ctx, node)
diff --git a/internal/integration/api/etcd.go b/internal/integration/api/etcd.go
index 0ac7f204eb..f0182e6fc8 100644
--- a/internal/integration/api/etcd.go
+++ b/internal/integration/api/etcd.go
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ import (
 
 // EtcdSuite ...
 type EtcdSuite struct {
-	base.APISuite
+	base.K8sSuite
 
 	ctx       context.Context //nolint:containedctx
 	ctxCancel context.CancelFunc
@@ -151,6 +151,7 @@ func (suite *EtcdSuite) TestLeaveCluster() {
 
 			return err
 		}, 10*time.Minute,
+		suite.CleanupFailedPods,
 	)
 }
 
@@ -259,6 +260,7 @@ func (suite *EtcdSuite) TestRemoveMember() {
 
 			return err
 		}, 10*time.Minute,
+		suite.CleanupFailedPods,
 	)
 }
 
diff --git a/internal/integration/api/extensions_qemu.go b/internal/integration/api/extensions_qemu.go
index 7363253d50..d48f737ac8 100644
--- a/internal/integration/api/extensions_qemu.go
+++ b/internal/integration/api/extensions_qemu.go
@@ -303,6 +303,7 @@ func (suite *ExtensionsSuiteQEMU) TestExtensionsQEMUGuestAgent() {
 
 			return err
 		}, 5*time.Minute,
+		suite.CleanupFailedPods,
 	)
 }
 
@@ -494,6 +495,7 @@ func (suite *ExtensionsSuiteQEMU) TestExtensionsMdADM() {
 		suite.ctx, node, func(nodeCtx context.Context) error {
 			return base.IgnoreGRPCUnavailable(suite.Client.Reboot(nodeCtx))
 		}, 5*time.Minute,
+		suite.CleanupFailedPods,
 	)
 
 	suite.Require().True(suite.mdADMArrayExists(), "expected mdadm array to be present")
@@ -581,6 +583,7 @@ func (suite *ExtensionsSuiteQEMU) TestExtensionsZFS() {
 		suite.ctx, node, func(nodeCtx context.Context) error {
 			return base.IgnoreGRPCUnavailable(suite.Client.Reboot(nodeCtx))
 		}, 5*time.Minute,
+		suite.CleanupFailedPods,
 	)
 
 	suite.Require().True(suite.checkZFSPoolMounted(), "expected zfs pool to be mounted")
diff --git a/internal/integration/api/reboot.go b/internal/integration/api/reboot.go
index 32c4d126c8..dc274990bd 100644
--- a/internal/integration/api/reboot.go
+++ b/internal/integration/api/reboot.go
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ import (
 
 // RebootSuite ...
 type RebootSuite struct {
-	base.APISuite
+	base.K8sSuite
 
 	ctx       context.Context //nolint:containedctx
 	ctxCancel context.CancelFunc
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ func (suite *RebootSuite) TestRebootNodeByNode() {
 			suite.ctx, node, func(nodeCtx context.Context) error {
 				return base.IgnoreGRPCUnavailable(suite.Client.Reboot(nodeCtx))
 			}, 10*time.Minute,
+			suite.CleanupFailedPods,
 		)
 	}
 }
diff --git a/internal/integration/api/update-hostname.go b/internal/integration/api/update-hostname.go
index c262c4fa5f..a39e5e43b4 100644
--- a/internal/integration/api/update-hostname.go
+++ b/internal/integration/api/update-hostname.go
@@ -115,6 +115,7 @@ func (suite *UpdateHostnameSuite) TestUpdateHostname() {
 			suite.ctx, nodeInternalIP, func(nodeCtx context.Context) error {
 				return base.IgnoreGRPCUnavailable(suite.Client.Reboot(nodeCtx))
 			}, 10*time.Minute,
+			suite.CleanupFailedPods,
 		)
 	}()
 
diff --git a/internal/integration/api/volumes.go b/internal/integration/api/volumes.go
index 48af39ef46..75f1bc71c8 100644
--- a/internal/integration/api/volumes.go
+++ b/internal/integration/api/volumes.go
@@ -277,6 +277,7 @@ func (suite *VolumesSuite) TestLVMActivation() {
 		suite.ctx, node, func(nodeCtx context.Context) error {
 			return base.IgnoreGRPCUnavailable(suite.Client.Reboot(nodeCtx))
 		}, 5*time.Minute,
+		suite.CleanupFailedPods,
 	)
 
 	suite.T().Logf("verifying LVM activation %s/%s", node, nodeName)
diff --git a/internal/integration/base/api.go b/internal/integration/base/api.go
index 0ac6d95af7..0b9b88d576 100644
--- a/internal/integration/base/api.go
+++ b/internal/integration/base/api.go
@@ -279,11 +279,15 @@ func (apiSuite *APISuite) ReadBootIDWithRetry(ctx context.Context, timeout time.
 // AssertRebooted verifies that node got rebooted as result of running some API call.
 //
 // Verification happens via reading boot_id of the node.
-func (apiSuite *APISuite) AssertRebooted(ctx context.Context, node string, rebootFunc func(nodeCtx context.Context) error, timeout time.Duration) {
+func (apiSuite *APISuite) AssertRebooted(ctx context.Context, node string, rebootFunc func(nodeCtx context.Context) error, timeout time.Duration, extraHooks ...func(context.Context, string)) {
 	apiSuite.AssertRebootedNoChecks(ctx, node, rebootFunc, timeout)
 
 	apiSuite.WaitForBootDone(ctx)
 
+	for _, hook := range extraHooks {
+		hook(ctx, node)
+	}
+
 	if apiSuite.Cluster != nil {
 		// without cluster state we can't do deep checks, but basic reboot test still works
 		// NB: using `ctx` here to have client talking to init node by default
diff --git a/internal/integration/base/k8s.go b/internal/integration/base/k8s.go
index eeca138722..9fa70b9497 100644
--- a/internal/integration/base/k8s.go
+++ b/internal/integration/base/k8s.go
@@ -111,6 +111,35 @@ func (k8sSuite *K8sSuite) GetK8sNodeByInternalIP(ctx context.Context, internalIP
 	return nil, fmt.Errorf("node with internal IP %s not found", internalIP)
 }
 
+// CleanupFailedPods deletes all pods in kube-system namespace with the status Failed.
+func (k8sSuite *K8sSuite) CleanupFailedPods(ctx context.Context, internalIP string) {
+	nodeName, err := k8sSuite.GetK8sNodeByInternalIP(ctx, internalIP)
+	if err != nil {
+		k8sSuite.T().Logf("failed to get node by internal IP %s: %v", internalIP, err)
+
+		return
+	}
+
+	pods, err := k8sSuite.Clientset.CoreV1().Pods("kube-system").List(ctx, metav1.ListOptions{
+		FieldSelector: fields.OneTermEqualSelector("spec.nodeName", nodeName.Name).String(),
+	})
+	if err != nil {
+		k8sSuite.T().Logf("failed to list pods in kube-system namespace: %v", err)
+
+		return
+	}
+
+	for _, pod := range pods.Items {
+		if pod.Status.Phase == corev1.PodFailed {
+			if err := k8sSuite.Clientset.CoreV1().Pods("kube-system").Delete(ctx, pod.Name, metav1.DeleteOptions{}); err != nil {
+				k8sSuite.T().Logf("failed to delete pod %s: %v", pod.Name, err)
+			} else {
+				k8sSuite.T().Logf("deleted pod %s", pod.Name)
+			}
+		}
+	}
+}
+
 // WaitForK8sNodeReadinessStatus waits for node to have the given status.
 // It retries until the node with the name is found and matches the expected condition.
 func (k8sSuite *K8sSuite) WaitForK8sNodeReadinessStatus(ctx context.Context, nodeName string, checkFn func(corev1.ConditionStatus) bool) error {