diff --git a/controller/linodeobjectstoragebucket_controller.go b/controller/linodeobjectstoragebucket_controller.go
index 3885340e9..046baa842 100644
--- a/controller/linodeobjectstoragebucket_controller.go
+++ b/controller/linodeobjectstoragebucket_controller.go
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ func (r *LinodeObjectStorageBucketReconciler) Reconcile(ctx context.Context, req
 		return ctrl.Result{}, err
 	}
 
-	bs, err := scope.NewObjectStorageBucketScope(
+	bScope, err := scope.NewObjectStorageBucketScope(
 		ctx,
 		r.LinodeApiKey,
 		scope.ObjectStorageBucketScopeParams{
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ func (r *LinodeObjectStorageBucketReconciler) Reconcile(ctx context.Context, req
 		return ctrl.Result{}, fmt.Errorf("failed to create object storage bucket scope: %w", err)
 	}
 
-	return r.reconcile(ctx, bs)
+	return r.reconcile(ctx, bScope)
 }
 
 func (r *LinodeObjectStorageBucketReconciler) reconcile(ctx context.Context, bScope *scope.ObjectStorageBucketScope) (res ctrl.Result, reterr error) {
diff --git a/e2e/Makefile b/e2e/Makefile
index 994aeff35..001c2a366 100644
--- a/e2e/Makefile
+++ b/e2e/Makefile
@@ -19,3 +19,6 @@ callLinodeApiGet:
 
 callLinodeApiPost:
 	@curl -s -H "Authorization: Bearer $$LINODE_TOKEN" -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d "$$BODY" -X POST "https://$(TARGET_API)/$(TARGET_API_VERSION)/$$URI"
+
+callLinodeApiDelete:
+	@curl -s -H "Authorization: Bearer $$LINODE_TOKEN" -X DELETE "https://$(TARGET_API)/$(TARGET_API_VERSION)/$$URI"
diff --git a/e2e/linodeobjectstoragebucket-controller/minimal-linodeobjectstoragebucket/00-ensure-no-bucket.yaml b/e2e/linodeobjectstoragebucket-controller/minimal-linodeobjectstoragebucket/00-ensure-no-bucket.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ae0bf51a7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/e2e/linodeobjectstoragebucket-controller/minimal-linodeobjectstoragebucket/00-ensure-no-bucket.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+apiVersion: kuttl.dev/v1beta1
+kind: TestStep
+commands:
+  - script: |-
+      URI="object-storage/buckets/us-sea-1/linodeobjectstoragebucket-sample" make callLinodeApiDelete || exit 0