diff --git a/controllers/cloudstackaffinitygroup_controller_test.go b/controllers/cloudstackaffinitygroup_controller_test.go
index c74ecec1..8a89d252 100644
--- a/controllers/cloudstackaffinitygroup_controller_test.go
+++ b/controllers/cloudstackaffinitygroup_controller_test.go
@@ -39,11 +39,11 @@ var _ = Describe("CloudStackAffinityGroupReconciler", func() {
 		// Modify failure domain name the same way the cluster controller would.
 		dummies.CSAffinityGroup.Spec.FailureDomainName = dummies.CSFailureDomain1.Spec.Name
 
+		mockCloudClient.EXPECT().GetOrCreateAffinityGroup(gomock.Any()).AnyTimes()
+
 		Ω(k8sClient.Create(ctx, dummies.CSFailureDomain1))
 		Ω(k8sClient.Create(ctx, dummies.CSAffinityGroup)).Should(Succeed())
 
-		mockCloudClient.EXPECT().GetOrCreateAffinityGroup(gomock.Any()).AnyTimes()
-
 		// Test that the AffinityGroup controller sets Status.Ready to true.
 		Eventually(func() bool {
 			nameSpaceFilter := &client.ListOptions{Namespace: dummies.ClusterNameSpace}
@@ -61,11 +61,11 @@ var _ = Describe("CloudStackAffinityGroupReconciler", func() {
 		// Modify failure domain name the same way the cluster controller would.
 		dummies.CSAffinityGroup.Spec.FailureDomainName = dummies.CSFailureDomain1.Spec.Name
 
+		mockCloudClient.EXPECT().GetOrCreateAffinityGroup(gomock.Any()).AnyTimes()
+
 		Ω(k8sClient.Create(ctx, dummies.CSFailureDomain1))
 		Ω(k8sClient.Create(ctx, dummies.CSAffinityGroup)).Should(Succeed())
 
-		mockCloudClient.EXPECT().GetOrCreateAffinityGroup(gomock.Any()).AnyTimes()
-
 		// Test that the AffinityGroup controller sets Status.Ready to true.
 		Eventually(func() bool {
 			nameSpaceFilter := &client.ListOptions{Namespace: dummies.ClusterNameSpace}
@@ -78,11 +78,12 @@ var _ = Describe("CloudStackAffinityGroupReconciler", func() {
 			return false
 		}, timeout).WithPolling(pollInterval).Should(BeTrue())
 
-		Ω(k8sClient.Delete(ctx, dummies.CSAffinityGroup))
 		mockCloudClient.EXPECT().FetchAffinityGroup(gomock.Any()).Do(func(arg1 interface{}) {
 			arg1.(*cloud.AffinityGroup).ID = ""
 		}).AnyTimes().Return(nil)
 
+		Ω(k8sClient.Delete(ctx, dummies.CSAffinityGroup))
+
 		// Once the affinity group id was set to "" the controller should remove the finalizer and unblock deleting affinity group resource
 		Eventually(func() bool {
 			retrievedAffinityGroup := &infrav1.CloudStackAffinityGroup{}