diff --git a/pkg/daemon/ceph/osd/remove.go b/pkg/daemon/ceph/osd/remove.go
index dcb3c05a4f969..a3ebc6aeed2c4 100644
--- a/pkg/daemon/ceph/osd/remove.go
+++ b/pkg/daemon/ceph/osd/remove.go
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ func removeOSD(clusterdContext *clusterd.Context, clusterInfo *client.ClusterInf
 				logger.Infof("removing the osd prepare job %q", prepareJob.GetName())
 				if err := k8sutil.DeleteBatchJob(clusterdContext.Clientset, clusterInfo.Namespace, prepareJob.GetName(), false); err != nil {
 					if err != nil {
-						// Continue deleting the OSD prepare job even if the deployment fails to be deleted
+						// Continue with the cleanup even if the job fails to be deleted
 						logger.Errorf("failed to delete prepare job for osd %q. %v", prepareJob.GetName(), err)
 					}
 				}
diff --git a/pkg/operator/ceph/cluster/osd/create.go b/pkg/operator/ceph/cluster/osd/create.go
index 9495d0c0a2eb9..3684f7105c5ed 100644
--- a/pkg/operator/ceph/cluster/osd/create.go
+++ b/pkg/operator/ceph/cluster/osd/create.go
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ import (
 	opcontroller "github.com/rook/rook/pkg/operator/ceph/controller"
 	"github.com/rook/rook/pkg/operator/k8sutil"
 	v1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
-	kerrors "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/errors"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/sets"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/version"
 )
@@ -368,11 +367,7 @@ func (c *Cluster) runPrepareJob(osdProps *osdProperties, config *provisionConfig
 	}
 
 	if err := k8sutil.RunReplaceableJob(c.context.Clientset, job, false); err != nil {
-		if !kerrors.IsAlreadyExists(err) {
-			return errors.Wrapf(err, "failed to run provisioning job for %s %q", nodeOrPVC, nodeOrPVCName)
-		}
-		logger.Infof("letting preexisting OSD provisioning job run to completion for %s %q", nodeOrPVC, nodeOrPVCName)
-		return nil
+		return errors.Wrapf(err, "failed to run osd provisioning job for %s %q", nodeOrPVC, nodeOrPVCName)
 	}
 
 	logger.Infof("started OSD provisioning job for %s %q", nodeOrPVC, nodeOrPVCName)
diff --git a/pkg/operator/k8sutil/job.go b/pkg/operator/k8sutil/job.go
index acfb27045ca05..8a21ef1e64b02 100644
--- a/pkg/operator/k8sutil/job.go
+++ b/pkg/operator/k8sutil/job.go
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ func RunReplaceableJob(clientset kubernetes.Interface, job *batch.Job, deleteIfF
 		logger.Infof("Removing previous job %s to start a new one", job.Name)
 		err := DeleteBatchJob(clientset, job.Namespace, existingJob.Name, true)
 		if err != nil {
-			logger.Warningf("failed to remove job %s. %+v", job.Name, err)
+			return fmt.Errorf("failed to remove job %s. %+v", job.Name, err)
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -103,8 +103,8 @@ func DeleteBatchJob(clientset kubernetes.Interface, namespace, name string, wait
 		return nil
 	}
 
-	retries := 20
-	sleepInterval := 2 * time.Second
+	retries := 30
+	sleepInterval := 3 * time.Second
 	for i := 0; i < retries; i++ {
 		_, err := clientset.BatchV1().Jobs(namespace).Get(ctx, name, metav1.GetOptions{})
 		if err != nil && errors.IsNotFound(err) {