diff --git a/test/e2e/plugin_sync/tmc/plugin_sync_tmc_lifecycle_test.go b/test/e2e/plugin_sync/tmc/plugin_sync_tmc_lifecycle_test.go
index 154b32414..1068718be 100644
--- a/test/e2e/plugin_sync/tmc/plugin_sync_tmc_lifecycle_test.go
+++ b/test/e2e/plugin_sync/tmc/plugin_sync_tmc_lifecycle_test.go
@@ -795,7 +795,7 @@ var _ = f.CLICoreDescribe("[Tests:E2E][Feature:Plugin-Sync-TMC-lifecycle]", func
 			Expect(f.CheckAllPluginsExists(installedPluginsListK8s, pluginsInfoForCRsApplied)).Should(BeTrue(), " plugins being installed and plugins info for which CRs applied should be same")
 
 			// Sync should not happen for the tmc context specific plugins, as its target specific sync
-			installedPluginsListTMC, err := tf.PluginCmd.ListPluginsForGivenContext(contextNameTMC, true)
+			installedPluginsListTMC, err = tf.PluginCmd.ListPluginsForGivenContext(contextNameTMC, true)
 			Expect(len(installedPluginsListTMC)).Should(Equal(0))
 			Expect(err).To(BeNil(), noErrorForPluginList)
 		})