diff --git a/controllers/disruption_controller.go b/controllers/disruption_controller.go
index cce2b0e39..597d9460f 100644
--- a/controllers/disruption_controller.go
+++ b/controllers/disruption_controller.go
@@ -572,6 +572,13 @@ func (r *DisruptionReconciler) handleChaosPodsTermination(instance *chaosv1beta1
 			}
 		}
 
+		// It is always safe to remove a node failure chaos pod. It is usually hard to tell if a node failure chaos pod has
+		// succeeded or not, so we choose to always remove the finalizer.
+		if chaosPod.Labels[chaostypes.DisruptionKindLabel] == chaostypes.DisruptionKindNodeFailure {
+			removeFinalizer = true
+			ignoreStatus = true
+		}
+
 		// check the chaos pod status to determine if we can safely delete it or not
 		switch chaosPod.Status.Phase {
 		case corev1.PodSucceeded, corev1.PodPending:
diff --git a/injector/node_failure.go b/injector/node_failure.go
index 7ee91637b..5b5f8121a 100644
--- a/injector/node_failure.go
+++ b/injector/node_failure.go
@@ -81,18 +81,19 @@ func (i nodeFailureInjector) Inject() error {
 	i.config.Log.Infow("from this point, if no fatal log occurs, the injection succeeded and the system will crash")
 	_ = i.config.Log.Sync() // If we can't flush the logger, why would logging the error help? so we just ignore
 
-	// Wait ten seconds for the logs to be flushed and collected, as the shutdown will be immediate
-	time.Sleep(time.Second * 10)
+	go func() { // Wait ten seconds for the logs to be flushed and collected, as the shutdown will be immediate
+		time.Sleep(time.Second * 10)
 
-	if i.spec.Shutdown {
-		err = i.config.FileWriter.Write(i.sysrqTriggerPath, 0200, "o")
-	} else {
-		err = i.config.FileWriter.Write(i.sysrqTriggerPath, 0200, "c")
-	}
+		if i.spec.Shutdown {
+			err = i.config.FileWriter.Write(i.sysrqTriggerPath, 0200, "o")
+		} else {
+			err = i.config.FileWriter.Write(i.sysrqTriggerPath, 0200, "c")
+		}
 
-	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("error while writing to the sysrq trigger file (%s): %w", i.sysrqTriggerPath, err)
-	}
+		if err != nil {
+			i.config.Log.Errorf("error while writing to the sysrq trigger file (%s): %v", i.sysrqTriggerPath, err)
+		}
+	}()
 
 	return nil
 }
diff --git a/injector/node_failure_test.go b/injector/node_failure_test.go
index af42c133c..45706128c 100644
--- a/injector/node_failure_test.go
+++ b/injector/node_failure_test.go
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ package injector_test
 
 import (
 	"os"
+	"time"
 
 	. "github.com/onsi/ginkgo"
 	. "github.com/onsi/gomega"
@@ -54,6 +55,7 @@ var _ = Describe("Failure", func() {
 	Describe("injection", func() {
 		JustBeforeEach(func() {
 			Expect(inj.Inject()).To(BeNil())
+			time.Sleep(time.Second * 11)
 		})
 
 		It("should enable the sysrq handler", func() {