diff --git a/scripts/cluster/run-cross-node-file-e2e.sh b/scripts/cluster/run-cross-node-file-e2e.sh
index e66d03f..220932f 100755
--- a/scripts/cluster/run-cross-node-file-e2e.sh
+++ b/scripts/cluster/run-cross-node-file-e2e.sh
@@ -46,8 +46,9 @@ done
 [[ ${pod_count:-0} == 1 && ${process_role:-} == worker && ${pod_ready:-} == true ]]
 [[ $(k3s kubectl get deployment easyai-api-ningbo -n easyai \
   -o jsonpath='{.spec.template.spec.containers[0].env[?(@.name=="AI_GATEWAY_PROCESS_ROLE")].value}') == api ]]
-[[ $(k3s kubectl get deployment easyai-worker-ningbo -n easyai \
-  -o jsonpath='{.status.readyReplicas}') == 0 ]]
+ningbo_worker_ready=$(k3s kubectl get deployment easyai-worker-ningbo -n easyai \
+  -o jsonpath='{.status.readyReplicas}')
+[[ ${ningbo_worker_ready:-0} -eq 0 ]]
 curl -fsS http://10.77.0.1:31088/api/v1/readyz | grep -q '"ok":true'
 curl -fsS http://10.77.0.2:31089/api/v1/readyz | grep -q '"ok":true'
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