diff --git a/tests-extension/test/qe/specs/olmv0_nonallns.go b/tests-extension/test/qe/specs/olmv0_nonallns.go
index b376cfb4ee..d095a473a6 100644
--- a/tests-extension/test/qe/specs/olmv0_nonallns.go
+++ b/tests-extension/test/qe/specs/olmv0_nonallns.go
@@ -6577,7 +6577,7 @@ var _ = g.Describe("[sig-operator][Jira:OLM] OLMv0 within a namespace", func() {
 			}
 			o.Expect(err).NotTo(o.HaveOccurred())
 		}
-		olmv0util.NewCheck("expect", exutil.AsAdmin, exutil.WithoutNamespace, exutil.Contain, "10", exutil.Ok, []string{"pods", "-n", "openshift-marketplace", "-l", "olm.catalogSource=redhat-operators", "-o=jsonpath={..spec.containers[0].startupProbe.failureThreshold}"}).Check(oc)
+		olmv0util.NewCheck("expect", exutil.AsAdmin, exutil.WithoutNamespace, exutil.Contain, "15", exutil.Ok, []string{"pods", "-n", "openshift-marketplace", "-l", "olm.catalogSource=redhat-operators", "-o=jsonpath={..spec.containers[0].startupProbe.failureThreshold}"}).Check(oc)
 	})
 
 	g.It("PolarionID:68901-[OTP][Skipped:Disconnected]Packageserver pod should not crash if updateStrategy is incorrect", g.Label("NonHyperShiftHOST"), func() {
diff --git a/tests-extension/test/qe/util/olmv0util/helper.go b/tests-extension/test/qe/util/olmv0util/helper.go
index 453c53b40b..48edf8e40a 100644
--- a/tests-extension/test/qe/util/olmv0util/helper.go
+++ b/tests-extension/test/qe/util/olmv0util/helper.go
@@ -304,10 +304,14 @@ func removeResource(oc *exutil.CLI, AsAdmin bool, WithoutNamespace bool, paramet
 
 func ClusterPackageExists(oc *exutil.CLI, sub SubscriptionDescription) (bool, error) {
 	msg, err := oc.AsAdmin().WithoutNamespace().Run("get").Args("packagemanifest", sub.OperatorPackage, "-n", sub.CatalogSourceNamespace).Output()
-	if err != nil || strings.Contains(msg, "not found") {
+	if err != nil {
+		// A missing packagemanifest is a legitimate "does not exist" result, not a query error.
+		if strings.Contains(msg, "NotFound") || strings.Contains(msg, "not found") {
+			return false, nil
+		}
 		return false, err
 	}
-	return true, err
+	return true, nil
 }
 
 func ClusterPackageExistsInNamespace(oc *exutil.CLI, sub SubscriptionDescription, namespace string) (bool, error) {