diff --git a/whitebox_neutron_tempest_plugin/tests/scenario/base.py b/whitebox_neutron_tempest_plugin/tests/scenario/base.py
index 8f7419d..cdcffad 100644
--- a/whitebox_neutron_tempest_plugin/tests/scenario/base.py
+++ b/whitebox_neutron_tempest_plugin/tests/scenario/base.py
@@ -1237,11 +1237,17 @@ class BaseTempestTestCaseOvn(BaseTempestWhiteboxTestCase):
         command_items.append('--db="{}"'.format(all_db_addresses))
 
         # obtain the ovsdb-server command running on this pod
+        # `|| true` added to prevent the following issue:
+        # https://github.com/kubevirt/kubevirt/issues/10240
         cmd = ' '.join((cls.OC,
                         'rsh',
                         db_pod,
-                        'ps -o command -C ovsdb-server --no-headers -ww'))
+                        'ps -o command -C ovsdb-server --no-headers -ww',
+                        '|| true'))
         ovsdb_server_cmd = cls.proxy_host_client.exec_command(cmd)
+        assert 'ovsdb-server' in ovsdb_server_cmd, \
+            "command '{}' returned unexpected output: {}".format(
+                cmd, ovsdb_server_cmd)
         # obtain the private-key, certificate and ca-cert options
         for ssl_param in ('private-key', 'certificate', 'ca-cert'):
             command_items.append(re.search(