diff --git a/e2e/openssl/openssl_test.go b/e2e/openssl/openssl_test.go
index 65db29e02d..1ebb52588f 100644
--- a/e2e/openssl/openssl_test.go
+++ b/e2e/openssl/openssl_test.go
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ func TestOpenssl(t *testing.T) {
 
 	frontendPods, err := c.PodsFromDeployment(context.Background(), namespace, "openssl-frontend")
 	require.NoError(err)
-	require.Len(frontendPods, 1)
+	require.Len(frontendPods, 1, "pod not found: %s/%s", namespace, "openssl-frontend")
 
 	// Call the backend server from the frontend
 	stdout, stderr, err := c.Exec(ctx, namespace, frontendPods[0].Name,