diff --git a/changelog/v1.17.0-beta35/eventually-curl-succeeds-ignores-errors.yaml b/changelog/v1.17.0-beta35/eventually-curl-succeeds-ignores-errors.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..93e8e326901
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog/v1.17.0-beta35/eventually-curl-succeeds-ignores-errors.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+changelog:
+  - type: NON_USER_FACING
+    issueLink: https://github.com/solo-io/gloo/issues/9570
+    resolvesIssue: true
+    description: >-
+      Fix regression in `CurlEventuallyShouldOutput` that caused it to succeed on curl errors.
+      Regression has not been released, so no user facing documentation needed
diff --git a/test/kube2e/helper/curl.go b/test/kube2e/helper/curl.go
index 7e5c6100043..5b79445b5d9 100644
--- a/test/kube2e/helper/curl.go
+++ b/test/kube2e/helper/curl.go
@@ -91,21 +91,15 @@ func (t *testContainer) CurlEventuallyShouldOutput(opts CurlOpts, expectedOutput
 
 	// for some useful-ish output
 	tick := time.Tick(currentTimeout / 8)
+	Expect(t.CanCurl()).To(BeTrue())
 
 	EventuallyWithOffset(ginkgoOffset+1, func(g Gomega) {
-		g.Expect(t.CanCurl()).To(BeTrue())
 
 		var res string
 
 		bufChan, done, err := t.CurlAsyncChan(opts)
-		if err != nil {
-			// trigger an early exit if the pod has been deleted
-			// if we return an error here, the Eventually will continue. By making an
-			// assertion with the outer context's Gomega, we can trigger a failure at
-			// that outer scope.
-			g.Expect(err).NotTo(MatchError(ContainSubstring(`pods "testserver" not found`)))
-			return
-		}
+		g.Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
+
 		defer close(done)
 		var buf io.Reader
 		select {