diff --git a/controlplane/kubeadm/controllers/controller.go b/controlplane/kubeadm/controllers/controller.go
index c4d9b10c5536..b11ce33c0a8e 100644
--- a/controlplane/kubeadm/controllers/controller.go
+++ b/controlplane/kubeadm/controllers/controller.go
@@ -303,7 +303,7 @@ func (r *KubeadmControlPlaneReconciler) reconcile(ctx context.Context, cluster *
 
 	// Aggregate the operational state of all the machines; while aggregating we are adding the
 	// source ref (reason@machine/name) so the problem can be easily tracked down to its source machine.
-	conditions.SetAggregate(controlPlane.KCP, controlplanev1.MachinesReadyCondition, ownedMachines.ConditionGetters(), conditions.AddSourceRef())
+	conditions.SetAggregate(controlPlane.KCP, controlplanev1.MachinesReadyCondition, ownedMachines.ConditionGetters(), conditions.AddSourceRef(), conditions.WithStepCounterIf(false))
 
 	// Reconcile unhealthy machines by triggering deletion and requeue if it is considered safe to remediate,
 	// otherwise continue with the other MHC operations