diff --git a/pkg/karmadactl/promote.go b/pkg/karmadactl/promote.go
index 69fb73924ddf..3aa63fe32528 100644
--- a/pkg/karmadactl/promote.go
+++ b/pkg/karmadactl/promote.go
@@ -245,58 +245,65 @@ func RunPromote(karmadaConfig KarmadaConfig, opts CommandPromoteOption, args []s
 		return fmt.Errorf("failed to get gvr from %q: %v", opts.gvk, err)
 	}
 
-	if opts.deps == true {
-		interpreter := defaultinterpreter.NewDefaultInterpreter()
-		dependenciesInterpreter := interpreter.GetDependenciesHandlers()
-		if _, exist := dependenciesInterpreter[obj.GroupVersionKind()]; exist {
-			deps, err := interpreter.GetDependencies(obj)
+	if opts.deps {
+		err := promoteDeps(obj, opts, f, mapper, gvr, controlPlaneRestConfig)
+		if err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("failed to promote relevant resources of gvr %q automatically: %v", opts.gvk, err)
+		}
+	}
+	return promote(controlPlaneRestConfig, obj, gvr, opts)
+}
+
+func promoteDeps(obj *unstructured.Unstructured, opts CommandPromoteOption, f cmdutil.Factory, mapper meta.RESTMapper, gvr schema.GroupVersionResource, controlPlaneRestConfig *rest.Config) error {
+	interpreter := defaultinterpreter.NewDefaultInterpreter()
+	dependenciesInterpreter := interpreter.GetDependenciesHandlers()
+	if _, exist := dependenciesInterpreter[obj.GroupVersionKind()]; exist {
+		deps, err := interpreter.GetDependencies(obj)
+		if err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("failed to customize dependencies for %s(%s), %v", obj.GroupVersionKind(), obj.GetName(), err)
+		}
+
+		for _, dep := range deps {
+			args := []string{dep.Kind, dep.Name}
+			depInfo, err := opts.getObjInfo(f, opts.Cluster, args)
 			if err != nil {
-				return fmt.Errorf("failed to customize dependencies for %s(%s), %v", obj.GroupVersionKind(), obj.GetName(), err)
+				return fmt.Errorf("failed to get resource in cluster(%s). err: %v", opts.Cluster, err)
 			}
 
-			for _, dep := range deps {
-				args := []string{dep.Kind, dep.Name}
-				depInfo, err := opts.getObjInfo(f, opts.Cluster, args)
-				if err != nil {
-					return fmt.Errorf("failed to get resource in cluster(%s). err: %v", opts.Cluster, err)
-				}
+			depObj := depInfo.Info.Object.(*unstructured.Unstructured)
+			depGvk := depObj.GetObjectKind().GroupVersionKind()
+			depGvr, err := restmapper.GetGroupVersionResource(mapper, depGvk)
+			if err != nil {
+				return fmt.Errorf("failed to get gvr from %q: %v", depGvk, err)
+			}
 
-				depObj := depInfo.Info.Object.(*unstructured.Unstructured)
-				depGvk := depObj.GetObjectKind().GroupVersionKind()
-				depGvr, err := restmapper.GetGroupVersionResource(mapper, depGvk)
-				if err != nil {
-					return fmt.Errorf("failed to get gvr from %q: %v", depGvk, err)
+			if err := preprocessResource(depObj); err != nil {
+				return fmt.Errorf("failed to preprocess resource %q(%s/%s) in control plane: %v", gvr, opts.Namespace, opts.name, err)
+			}
+
+			// currently support configmap and secret to be promoted automatically
+			if len(dep.Namespace) != 0 {
+				controlPlaneDynamicClient := dynamic.NewForConfigOrDie(controlPlaneRestConfig)
+				_, err := controlPlaneDynamicClient.Resource(gvr).Namespace(opts.Namespace).Get(context.TODO(), opts.name, metav1.GetOptions{})
+				if err == nil {
+					fmt.Printf("Dependency resource  %q(%s/%s) of %q(%s/%s) already exist in karmada control plane, you can edit PropagationPolicy and OverridePolicy to propagate it\n",
+						depGvr, depObj.GetNamespace(), depObj.GetName(), gvr, opts.Namespace, opts.name)
 				}
 
-				if err := preprocessResource(depObj); err != nil {
-					return fmt.Errorf("failed to preprocess resource %q(%s/%s) in control plane: %v", gvr, opts.Namespace, opts.name, err)
+				if !apierrors.IsNotFound(err) {
+					return fmt.Errorf("failed to get dependency resource %q(%s/%s) in control plane: %v", depGvr, depObj.GetNamespace(), depObj.GetName(), err)
 				}
 
-				// currently support configmap and secret to be promoted automatically
-				if len(dep.Namespace) != 0 {
-					controlPlaneDynamicClient := dynamic.NewForConfigOrDie(controlPlaneRestConfig)
-					_, err := controlPlaneDynamicClient.Resource(gvr).Namespace(opts.Namespace).Get(context.TODO(), opts.name, metav1.GetOptions{})
-					if err == nil {
-						fmt.Printf("Dependency resource  %q(%s/%s) of %q(%s/%s) already exist in karmada control plane, you can edit PropagationPolicy and OverridePolicy to propagate it\n",
-							depGvr, depObj.GetNamespace(), depObj.GetName(), gvr, opts.Namespace, opts.name)
-						return nil
-					}
-
-					if !apierrors.IsNotFound(err) {
-						return fmt.Errorf("failed to get dependency resource %q(%s/%s) in control plane: %v", depGvr, depObj.GetNamespace(), depObj.GetName(), err)
-					}
-
-					_, err = controlPlaneDynamicClient.Resource(depGvr).Namespace(depObj.GetNamespace()).Create(context.TODO(), depObj, metav1.CreateOptions{})
-					if err != nil {
-						return fmt.Errorf("failed to create dependency resource %q(%s/%s) in control plane: %v", depGvr, depObj.GetNamespace(), depObj.GetName(), err)
-					}
-
-					fmt.Printf("Dependency resource %q(%s/%s) is promoted successfully\n", depGvr, depObj.GetNamespace(), depObj.GetName())
+				_, err = controlPlaneDynamicClient.Resource(depGvr).Namespace(depObj.GetNamespace()).Create(context.TODO(), depObj, metav1.CreateOptions{})
+				if err != nil {
+					return fmt.Errorf("failed to create dependency resource %q(%s/%s) in control plane: %v", depGvr, depObj.GetNamespace(), depObj.GetName(), err)
 				}
+
+				fmt.Printf("Dependency resource %q(%s/%s) is promoted successfully\n", depGvr, depObj.GetNamespace(), depObj.GetName())
 			}
 		}
 	}
-	return promote(controlPlaneRestConfig, obj, gvr, opts)
+	return nil
 }
 
 func promote(controlPlaneRestConfig *rest.Config, obj *unstructured.Unstructured, gvr schema.GroupVersionResource, opts CommandPromoteOption) error {
diff --git a/pkg/resourceinterpreter/defaultinterpreter/default.go b/pkg/resourceinterpreter/defaultinterpreter/default.go
index a4c99bb2c5cf..13c3957c7b84 100644
--- a/pkg/resourceinterpreter/defaultinterpreter/default.go
+++ b/pkg/resourceinterpreter/defaultinterpreter/default.go
@@ -124,6 +124,7 @@ func (e *DefaultInterpreter) ReflectStatus(object *unstructured.Unstructured) (s
 	return reflectWholeStatus(object)
 }
 
+// GetDependenciesHandlers returns the dependenciesHandlers of the defaultInterpreter.
 func (e *DefaultInterpreter) GetDependenciesHandlers() map[schema.GroupVersionKind]dependenciesInterpreter {
 	return e.dependenciesHandlers
 }