diff --git a/pkg/cassdcutil/manage.go b/pkg/cassdcutil/manage.go
index 642415d..ea0f627 100644
--- a/pkg/cassdcutil/manage.go
+++ b/pkg/cassdcutil/manage.go
@@ -11,6 +11,11 @@ import (
 	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/client"
 )
 
+const (
+	defaultPollInterval = 1 * time.Second
+	defaultTimeout      = 10 * time.Minute
+)
+
 type CassManager struct {
 	client client.Client
 }
@@ -39,28 +44,22 @@ func (c *CassManager) ModifyStoppedState(ctx context.Context, name, namespace st
 
 	if wait {
 		if stop {
-			if err := waitutil.PollUntilContextTimeout(ctx, 10*time.Second, 10*time.Minute, true, func(context.Context) (bool, error) {
-				return c.RefreshStatus(ctx, cassdc, cassdcapi.DatacenterStopped, corev1.ConditionTrue)
-			}); err != nil {
+			if err := c.WaitForStatus(ctx, cassdc, cassdcapi.DatacenterStopped, corev1.ConditionTrue, defaultPollInterval, defaultTimeout); err != nil {
 				return err
 			}
 
-			// And wait for it to finish..
-			return waitutil.PollUntilContextTimeout(ctx, 10*time.Second, 10*time.Minute, true, func(context.Context) (bool, error) {
-				return c.RefreshStatus(ctx, cassdc, cassdcapi.DatacenterReady, corev1.ConditionFalse)
-			})
-		}
+			if err := c.WaitForStatus(ctx, cassdc, cassdcapi.DatacenterReady, corev1.ConditionFalse, defaultPollInterval, defaultTimeout); err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+		} else {
+			if err := c.WaitForStatus(ctx, cassdc, cassdcapi.DatacenterStopped, corev1.ConditionFalse, defaultPollInterval, defaultTimeout); err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
 
-		if err := waitutil.PollUntilContextTimeout(ctx, 10*time.Second, 10*time.Minute, true, func(context.Context) (bool, error) {
-			return c.RefreshStatus(ctx, cassdc, cassdcapi.DatacenterStopped, corev1.ConditionFalse)
-		}); err != nil {
-			return err
+			if err := c.WaitForStatus(ctx, cassdc, cassdcapi.DatacenterReady, corev1.ConditionTrue, defaultPollInterval, defaultTimeout); err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
 		}
-
-		// And wait for it to finish..
-		return waitutil.PollUntilContextTimeout(ctx, 10*time.Second, 10*time.Minute, true, func(context.Context) (bool, error) {
-			return c.RefreshStatus(ctx, cassdc, cassdcapi.DatacenterReady, corev1.ConditionTrue)
-		})
 	}
 
 	return nil
@@ -95,3 +94,20 @@ func (c *CassManager) RestartDc(ctx context.Context, name, namespace, rack strin
 	}
 	return nil
 }
+
+func (c *CassManager) WaitForStatus(ctx context.Context, cassdc *cassdcapi.CassandraDatacenter, status cassdcapi.DatacenterConditionType, wanted corev1.ConditionStatus, interval, timeout time.Duration) error {
+	if interval == 0 {
+		interval = defaultPollInterval
+	}
+
+	if timeout == 0 {
+		timeout = defaultTimeout
+	}
+
+	if err := waitutil.PollUntilContextTimeout(ctx, interval, timeout, true, func(context.Context) (bool, error) {
+		return c.RefreshStatus(ctx, cassdc, status, wanted)
+	}); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	return nil
+}