diff --git a/ocs_ci/ocs/resources/pod.py b/ocs_ci/ocs/resources/pod.py
index 23ca20b233b..d104d76bef7 100644
--- a/ocs_ci/ocs/resources/pod.py
+++ b/ocs_ci/ocs/resources/pod.py
@@ -851,16 +851,15 @@ def _get_tools_pod_objs():
         # one in status Terminated. Therefore, need to filter out the Terminated pod
 
         # Update the OCP pod object without the selector
-        ocp_pod_obj = OCP(
-            kind=constants.POD,
-            namespace=namespace,
-            cluster_kubeconfig=cluster_kubeconfig,
-        )
+        cmd = f"oc get pods -n {namespace} -o custom-columns=NAME:.metadata.name,STATUS:.status.phase --no-headers"
+        pods_output = exec_cmd(cmd, shell=True).stdout.decode()
+        pod_name_status_dict = {
+            line.split()[0]: line.split()[1] for line in pods_output.splitlines()
+        }
+
         running_ct_pods = list()
         for pod in ct_pod_items:
-            pod_status = ocp_pod_obj.get_resource_status(
-                pod.get("metadata").get("name")
-            )
+            pod_status = pod_name_status_dict.get(pod.get("metadata").get("name"))
             logger.info(f"Pod name: {pod.get('metadata').get('name')}")
             logger.info(f"Pod status: {pod_status}")
             if pod_status == constants.STATUS_RUNNING: