diff --git a/controllers/operands/operandHandler.go b/controllers/operands/operandHandler.go
index 0d9c052b3f..09f1a55b95 100644
--- a/controllers/operands/operandHandler.go
+++ b/controllers/operands/operandHandler.go
@@ -194,6 +194,7 @@ func (h *OperandHandler) EnsureDeleted(req *common.HcoRequest) error {
 		NewNetworkAddonsWithNameOnly(req.Instance),
 		NewSSPWithNameOnly(req.Instance),
 		NewConsoleCLIDownload(req.Instance),
+		NewMTQWithNameOnly(req.Instance),
 	}
 
 	resources = append(resources, h.objects...)
diff --git a/tests/func-tests/mtq_test.go b/tests/func-tests/mtq_test.go
index bc892e3dc9..f4fd892176 100644
--- a/tests/func-tests/mtq_test.go
+++ b/tests/func-tests/mtq_test.go
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import (
 	. "github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2"
 	. "github.com/onsi/gomega"
 	conditionsv1 "github.com/openshift/custom-resource-status/conditions/v1"
+	corev1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/errors"
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1/unstructured"
@@ -61,9 +62,13 @@ var _ = Describe("Test MTQ", Label("MTQ"), Serial, Ordered, func() {
 			}).WithTimeout(5 * time.Minute).WithPolling(time.Second).ShouldNot(BeTrue())
 
 			By("check MTQ pods")
-			pods, err := cli.CoreV1().Pods(flags.KubeVirtInstallNamespace).List(ctx, metav1.ListOptions{LabelSelector: "app.kubernetes.io/component=multi-tenant"})
-			Expect(err).ShouldNot(HaveOccurred())
-			Expect(pods.Items).Should(HaveLen(3))
+			Eventually(func(g Gomega) []corev1.Pod {
+				pods, err := cli.CoreV1().Pods(flags.KubeVirtInstallNamespace).List(ctx, metav1.ListOptions{LabelSelector: "app.kubernetes.io/component=multi-tenant"})
+				g.Expect(err).ShouldNot(HaveOccurred())
+				return pods.Items
+			}).WithTimeout(5 * time.Minute).
+				WithPolling(time.Second).
+				Should(HaveLen(3))
 		})
 	})
 })