diff --git a/kubernetes/samples/scripts/common/utility.sh b/kubernetes/samples/scripts/common/utility.sh
index 979207be224..1144a31fc30 100644
--- a/kubernetes/samples/scripts/common/utility.sh
+++ b/kubernetes/samples/scripts/common/utility.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
-# Copyright (c) 2018, 2021, Oracle and/or its affiliates.
+# Copyright (c) 2018, 2022, Oracle and/or its affiliates.
 # Licensed under the Universal Permissive License v 1.0 as shown at https://oss.oracle.com/licenses/upl.
 
 #
@@ -926,3 +926,26 @@ function checkService(){
  done
  echo "Service [$svc] found"
 }
+
+# Get pod name when pod available in a given namespace
+function getPodName(){
+
+ local max=$((SECONDS + 120))
+
+ local pod=$1
+ local ns=$2
+
+ local pname=""
+ while [ $SECONDS -le $max ] ; do
+   pname=`kubectl get po -n ${ns} | grep -w ${pod} | awk '{print $1}'`
+   [ -z "${pname}" ] || break
+   sleep 1
+ done
+
+ if [ -z "${pname}" ] ; then
+  echo "[ERROR] Could not find Pod [$pod] after $max seconds";
+  exit 1
+ fi
+
+ echo "${pname}"
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/kubernetes/samples/scripts/create-weblogic-domain/domain-home-on-pv/create-domain.sh b/kubernetes/samples/scripts/create-weblogic-domain/domain-home-on-pv/create-domain.sh
index 069edb06a24..9acc7953b1a 100755
--- a/kubernetes/samples/scripts/create-weblogic-domain/domain-home-on-pv/create-domain.sh
+++ b/kubernetes/samples/scripts/create-weblogic-domain/domain-home-on-pv/create-domain.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
-# Copyright (c) 2018, 2021, Oracle and/or its affiliates.
+# Copyright (c) 2018, 2022, Oracle and/or its affiliates.
 # Licensed under the Universal Permissive License v 1.0 as shown at https://oss.oracle.com/licenses/upl.
 #
 # Description
@@ -212,9 +212,9 @@ function createDomainHome {
   # domain resource is created by exec'ing into the pod to look for the presence of domainCreate.yaml file.
 
   if [ "$useWdt" = true ]; then
-    POD_NAME=`kubectl get pods -n ${namespace} | grep ${JOB_NAME} | awk ' { print $1; } '`
+    POD_NAME=$(getPodName "${JOB_NAME}" "${namespace}")
     echo "Waiting for results to be available from $POD_NAME"
-    kubectl wait --timeout=600s --for=condition=ContainersReady pod $POD_NAME
+    kubectl wait --timeout=600s --for=condition=ContainersReady pod $POD_NAME -n ${namespace}
     #echo "Fetching results"
     sleep 30
     max=30