diff --git a/integration/tests/crud/creategetdelete_test.go b/integration/tests/crud/creategetdelete_test.go
index aa1da20479..d3d4706dde 100644
--- a/integration/tests/crud/creategetdelete_test.go
+++ b/integration/tests/crud/creategetdelete_test.go
@@ -1083,6 +1083,11 @@ var _ = Describe("(Integration) Create, Get, Scale & Delete", func() {
 })
 
 var _ = SynchronizedAfterSuite(func() {}, func() {
+	// before deleting the cluster, first delete the additional subnet
+	ec2 := awsec2.NewFromConfig(NewConfig(params.Region))
+	_, err := ec2.DeleteSubnet(context.Background(), &awsec2.DeleteSubnetInput{SubnetId: &extraSubnetID})
+	Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
+
 	Expect(params.EksctlDeleteCmd.WithArgs(
 		"cluster", params.ClusterName,
 		"--wait",