diff --git a/test/kubernetes/benchmarks/pytorch.go b/test/kubernetes/benchmarks/pytorch.go
index c53f49e4b..f85cea64b 100644
--- a/test/kubernetes/benchmarks/pytorch.go
+++ b/test/kubernetes/benchmarks/pytorch.go
@@ -257,15 +257,15 @@ func RunPytorch(ctx context.Context, t *testing.T, k8sCtx k8sctx.KubernetesConte
 // doPytorchRun runs a single PyTorch test.
 func doPytorchRun(ctx context.Context, t *testing.T, k8sCtx k8sctx.KubernetesContext, cluster *testcluster.TestCluster, params pytorchTest) {
 	benchmarkNS := cluster.Namespace(testcluster.NamespaceBenchmark)
+	if err := benchmarkNS.Reset(ctx); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Failed to reset namespace: %v", err)
+	}
+	defer benchmarkNS.Cleanup(ctx)
 	endProfiling, err := profiling.MaybeSetup(ctx, t, k8sCtx, cluster, benchmarkNS)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("Failed to setup profiling: %v", err)
 	}
 	defer endProfiling()
-	if err := benchmarkNS.Reset(ctx); err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("Failed to reset namespace: %v", err)
-	}
-	defer benchmarkNS.Cleanup(ctx)
 
 	image, err := k8sCtx.ResolveImage(ctx, pytorchImage)
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/test/kubernetes/benchmarks/startup.go b/test/kubernetes/benchmarks/startup.go
index a57ca9126..fcc50a171 100644
--- a/test/kubernetes/benchmarks/startup.go
+++ b/test/kubernetes/benchmarks/startup.go
@@ -48,15 +48,15 @@ func MeasureStartup(ctx context.Context, t *testing.T, k8sCtx k8sctx.KubernetesC
 	t.Logf("Warning: This is not a meaningful benchmark. Read the comments.")
 
 	benchmarkNS := cluster.Namespace(testcluster.NamespaceBenchmark)
+	if err := benchmarkNS.Reset(ctx); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("cannot reset namespace: %v", err)
+	}
+	defer benchmarkNS.Cleanup(ctx)
 	endProfiling, err := profiling.MaybeSetup(ctx, t, k8sCtx, cluster, benchmarkNS)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("Failed to setup profiling: %v", err)
 	}
 	defer endProfiling()
-	if err := benchmarkNS.Reset(ctx); err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("cannot reset namespace: %v", err)
-	}
-	defer benchmarkNS.Cleanup(ctx)
 
 	podName := "startup"
 	image, err := k8sCtx.ResolveImage(ctx, "alpine")
diff --git a/test/kubernetes/benchmarks/tensorflow.go b/test/kubernetes/benchmarks/tensorflow.go
index da8e4f869..57b232863 100644
--- a/test/kubernetes/benchmarks/tensorflow.go
+++ b/test/kubernetes/benchmarks/tensorflow.go
@@ -48,15 +48,15 @@ var workloads = map[string]string{
 // RunTensorflowOnCPU runs the Tensorflow example workloads on CPU.
 func RunTensorflowOnCPU(ctx context.Context, t *testing.T, k8sCtx k8sctx.KubernetesContext, cluster *testcluster.TestCluster) {
 	benchmarkNS := cluster.Namespace(testcluster.NamespaceBenchmark)
+	if err := benchmarkNS.Reset(ctx); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("cannot reset namespace: %v", err)
+	}
+	defer benchmarkNS.Cleanup(ctx)
 	endProfiling, err := profiling.MaybeSetup(ctx, t, k8sCtx, cluster, benchmarkNS)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("Failed to setup profiling: %v", err)
 	}
 	defer endProfiling()
-	if err := benchmarkNS.Reset(ctx); err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("cannot reset namespace: %v", err)
-	}
-	defer benchmarkNS.Cleanup(ctx)
 
 	const name = "tensorflow"
 	recorder, err := benchmetric.GetRecorder(ctx)
diff --git a/test/kubernetes/benchmarks/wordpress.go b/test/kubernetes/benchmarks/wordpress.go
index b515ffbce..781514300 100644
--- a/test/kubernetes/benchmarks/wordpress.go
+++ b/test/kubernetes/benchmarks/wordpress.go
@@ -60,15 +60,15 @@ var (
 // BenchmarkWordpress runs a benchmark of WordPress performance.
 func BenchmarkWordpress(ctx context.Context, t *testing.T, k8sCtx k8sctx.KubernetesContext, cluster *testcluster.TestCluster) {
 	benchmarkNS := cluster.Namespace(testcluster.NamespaceBenchmark)
+	if err := benchmarkNS.Reset(ctx); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("cannot reset namespace: %v", err)
+	}
+	defer benchmarkNS.Cleanup(ctx)
 	endProfiling, err := profiling.MaybeSetup(ctx, t, k8sCtx, cluster, benchmarkNS)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("Failed to setup profiling: %v", err)
 	}
 	defer endProfiling()
-	if err := benchmarkNS.Reset(ctx); err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("cannot reset namespace: %v", err)
-	}
-	defer benchmarkNS.Cleanup(ctx)
 
 	// Create a persistent volume on which to store the database data.
 	dbVolume := benchmarkNS.GetPersistentVolume(mariaDBVolumeName, "30Gi")