diff --git a/test/backup_service/backup_service_suite_test.go b/test/backup_service/backup_service_suite_test.go
index 2479fb3d..3d8ff23c 100644
--- a/test/backup_service/backup_service_suite_test.go
+++ b/test/backup_service/backup_service_suite_test.go
@@ -7,16 +7,12 @@ import (
 	. "github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2"
 	. "github.com/onsi/gomega"
 	"github.com/onsi/gomega/gexec"
-	corev1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
-	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/errors"
-	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 	k8Runtime "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/client"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/envtest"
 	logf "sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/log"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/log/zap"
 
-	"github.com/aerospike/aerospike-kubernetes-operator/controllers/common"
 	"github.com/aerospike/aerospike-kubernetes-operator/test"
 )
 
@@ -40,18 +36,6 @@ var _ = BeforeSuite(
 		var err error
 		testEnv, _, k8sClient, _, err = test.BootStrapTestEnv(scheme)
 		Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
-
-		sa := corev1.ServiceAccount{
-			ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
-				Name:      common.AerospikeBackupService,
-				Namespace: namespace,
-			},
-		}
-
-		err = k8sClient.Create(testCtx, &sa)
-		if err != nil && !errors.IsAlreadyExists(err) {
-			Fail(err.Error())
-		}
 	})
 
 var _ = AfterSuite(
diff --git a/test/cleanup-test-namespace.sh b/test/cleanup-test-namespace.sh
index 6b552f89..97a7bb07 100755
--- a/test/cleanup-test-namespace.sh
+++ b/test/cleanup-test-namespace.sh
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ for namespace in $namespaces; do
 
   echo "Removing serviceaccount from namespace: $namespace"
   kubectl -n "$namespace" delete serviceaccount aerospike-operator-controller-manager --ignore-not-found
+  kubectl -n "$namespace" delete serviceaccount aerospike-backup-service --ignore-not-found
 
 done
 
diff --git a/test/suite_test.go b/test/suite_test.go
index 82f3f4f4..06b40afa 100644
--- a/test/suite_test.go
+++ b/test/suite_test.go
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ import (
 	// +kubebuilder:scaffold:imports
 
 	asdbv1 "github.com/aerospike/aerospike-kubernetes-operator/api/v1"
+	"github.com/aerospike/aerospike-kubernetes-operator/controllers/common"
 )
 
 // These tests use Ginkgo (BDD-style Go testing framework). Refer to
@@ -91,6 +92,10 @@ var _ = BeforeSuite(
 		Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
 		Expect(k8sClient).NotTo(BeNil())
 
+		// Create SA for aerospike backup service
+		err = createServiceAccount(k8sClient, goctx.TODO(), common.AerospikeBackupService, namespace)
+		Expect(err).ToNot(HaveOccurred())
+
 		// Setup by user function
 		// test creating resource
 		// IN operator namespace