diff --git a/helpers/utilities.go b/helpers/utilities.go
index cbb975e9..20e093d8 100644
--- a/helpers/utilities.go
+++ b/helpers/utilities.go
@@ -510,6 +510,39 @@ func createTailoredProfile(tc *testConfig.TestConfig, c dynclient.Client, name s
 		return err
 	}
 	log.Printf("Created %s tailored profile with %d rules", name, len(rules))
+
+	// Wait for the profile to be rendered before returning. The operator's
+	// ScanSettingBinding controller can fail to generate a ComplianceSuite if it
+	// reconciles a binding whose referenced TailoredProfile has not reached READY
+	// yet, so callers must not create the binding before the profile is ready.
+	return waitForTailoredProfileReady(c, tc, name)
+}
+
+// waitForTailoredProfileReady blocks until the named TailoredProfile reports the
+// READY state, failing fast if it lands in ERROR.
+func waitForTailoredProfileReady(c dynclient.Client, tc *testConfig.TestConfig, name string) error {
+	key := types.NamespacedName{Name: name, Namespace: tc.OperatorNamespace.Namespace}
+	tp := &cmpv1alpha1.TailoredProfile{}
+	bo := backoff.WithMaxRetries(backoff.NewConstantBackOff(tc.APIPollInterval), 180)
+	err := backoff.RetryNotify(func() error {
+		if err := c.Get(goctx.TODO(), key, tp); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		if tp.Status.State == cmpv1alpha1.TailoredProfileStateReady {
+			return nil
+		}
+		if tp.Status.State == cmpv1alpha1.TailoredProfileStateError {
+			return backoff.Permanent(
+				fmt.Errorf("TailoredProfile %s is in ERROR state: %s", name, tp.Status.ErrorMessage))
+		}
+		return fmt.Errorf("TailoredProfile %s is not READY yet (state: %q)", name, tp.Status.State)
+	}, bo, func(err error, d time.Duration) {
+		log.Printf("Waiting for TailoredProfile %s to be READY after %s: %s", name, d.String(), err)
+	})
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed waiting for TailoredProfile %s to be READY: %w", name, err)
+	}
+	log.Printf("TailoredProfile %s is READY", name)
 	return nil
 }
 
@@ -554,7 +587,9 @@ func CreateNodeTailoredProfile(tc *testConfig.TestConfig, c dynclient.Client) er
 	return nil
 }
 
-// findPlatformRules finds all Rule custom resources of type Platform and returns them.
+// findPlatformRules finds all OpenSCAP Rule custom resources of type Platform
+// and returns them. CEL-typed rules are excluded because a TailoredProfile
+// cannot mix CEL-typed rules with OpenSCAP rules.
 func findPlatformRules(c dynclient.Client, tc *testConfig.TestConfig) ([]cmpv1alpha1.Rule, error) {
 	ruleList := &cmpv1alpha1.RuleList{}
 	err := c.List(goctx.TODO(), ruleList)
@@ -568,7 +603,8 @@ func findPlatformRules(c dynclient.Client, tc *testConfig.TestConfig) ([]cmpv1al
 		// Only include rules from the e2e profile bundle
 		bundleName, exists := ruleList.Items[i].Labels["compliance.openshift.io/profile-bundle"]
 		if exists && bundleName == "ocp4" {
-			if ruleList.Items[i].CheckType == cmpv1alpha1.CheckTypePlatform {
+			if ruleList.Items[i].CheckType == cmpv1alpha1.CheckTypePlatform &&
+				ruleList.Items[i].ScannerType != cmpv1alpha1.ScannerTypeCEL {
 				platformRules = append(platformRules, ruleList.Items[i])
 			}
 		}