diff --git a/e2e-tests/functions b/e2e-tests/functions
index 7fd9662e54..0277297b4b 100644
--- a/e2e-tests/functions
+++ b/e2e-tests/functions
@@ -521,7 +521,7 @@ get_backup_name_by_job() {
 check_jobs_and_pgbackups() {
 	local cluster=$1
 
-	mapfile -t job_names < <(kubectl get job -n "$NAMESPACE" -o jsonpath='{range .items[*]}{.metadata.name}{"\n"}{end}')
+	readarray -t job_names <<< "$(kubectl get job -n "$NAMESPACE" -o jsonpath='{range .items[*]}{.metadata.name}{"\n"}{end}')"
 
 	for ((i = 0; i < ${#job_names[@]}; i++)); do
 		job_name=${job_names[$i]}