diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 52a6ca20..d25cd4c6 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/onsi/ginkgo v1.16.5
 	github.com/onsi/gomega v1.27.6
 	github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.5
+	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.4
 	google.golang.org/grpc v1.59.0
 	k8s.io/api v0.28.3
 	k8s.io/apimachinery v0.28.3
@@ -49,6 +50,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/munnerz/goautoneg v0.0.0-20191010083416-a7dc8b61c822 // indirect
 	github.com/nxadm/tail v1.4.8 // indirect
 	github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.1 // indirect
+	github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 // indirect
 	github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.17.0 // indirect
 	github.com/prometheus/client_model v0.5.0 // indirect
 	github.com/prometheus/common v0.45.0 // indirect
diff --git a/pkg/driver/node.go b/pkg/driver/node.go
index f0d32a61..287327dc 100644
--- a/pkg/driver/node.go
+++ b/pkg/driver/node.go
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ func newNodeService(driverOptions *DriverOptions) nodeService {
 
 	// Remove taint from node to indicate driver startup success
 	// This is done in the background as a goroutine to allow for driver startup
-	go removeTaintInBackground(cloud.DefaultKubernetesAPIClient)
+	go removeTaintInBackground(cloud.DefaultKubernetesAPIClient, removeNotReadyTaint)
 
 	return nodeService{
 		metadata:      metadata,
@@ -298,12 +298,12 @@ type JSONPatch struct {
 }
 
 // removeTaintInBackground is a goroutine that retries removeNotReadyTaint with exponential backoff
-func removeTaintInBackground(k8sClient cloud.KubernetesAPIClient) {
+func removeTaintInBackground(k8sClient cloud.KubernetesAPIClient, removalFunc func(cloud.KubernetesAPIClient) error) {
 	backoffErr := wait.ExponentialBackoff(taintRemovalBackoff, func() (bool, error) {
-		err := removeNotReadyTaint(k8sClient)
+		err := removalFunc(k8sClient)
 		if err != nil {
 			klog.ErrorS(err, "Unexpected failure when attempting to remove node taint(s)")
-			return false, err
+			return false, nil
 		}
 		return true, nil
 	})
diff --git a/pkg/driver/node_test.go b/pkg/driver/node_test.go
index e031ee6c..bebbbfa0 100644
--- a/pkg/driver/node_test.go
+++ b/pkg/driver/node_test.go
@@ -19,18 +19,19 @@ package driver
 import (
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
+	"github.com/container-storage-interface/spec/lib/go/csi"
+	"github.com/golang/mock/gomock"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 	"google.golang.org/grpc/codes"
 	"google.golang.org/grpc/status"
 	corev1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes"
 	"reflect"
+	"sigs.k8s.io/aws-fsx-csi-driver/pkg/cloud"
 	cloudMock "sigs.k8s.io/aws-fsx-csi-driver/pkg/cloud/mocks"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/aws-fsx-csi-driver/pkg/driver/internal"
-	"testing"
-
-	"github.com/container-storage-interface/spec/lib/go/csi"
-	"github.com/golang/mock/gomock"
 	driverMocks "sigs.k8s.io/aws-fsx-csi-driver/pkg/driver/mocks"
+	"testing"
 )
 
 var (
@@ -824,6 +825,21 @@ func TestRemoveNotReadyTaint(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestRemoveTaintInBackground(t *testing.T) {
+	mockRemovalCount := 0
+	mockRemovalFunc := func(_ cloud.KubernetesAPIClient) error {
+		mockRemovalCount += 1
+		if mockRemovalCount == 3 {
+			return nil
+		} else {
+			return fmt.Errorf("Taint removal failed!")
+		}
+	}
+
+	removeTaintInBackground(nil, mockRemovalFunc)
+	assert.Equal(t, mockRemovalCount, 3)
+}
+
 func getNodeMock(mockCtl *gomock.Controller, nodeName string, returnNode *corev1.Node, returnError error) (kubernetes.Interface, *driverMocks.MockNodeInterface) {
 	mockClient := driverMocks.NewMockKubernetesClient(mockCtl)
 	mockCoreV1 := driverMocks.NewMockCoreV1Interface(mockCtl)