diff --git a/controlplane/kubeadm/internal/workload_cluster.go b/controlplane/kubeadm/internal/workload_cluster.go
index fb837cb29159..4e26b2eb721c 100644
--- a/controlplane/kubeadm/internal/workload_cluster.go
+++ b/controlplane/kubeadm/internal/workload_cluster.go
@@ -583,12 +583,13 @@ func modifyImageTag(image, tagName string) (string, error) {
 
 func (w *Workload) UpdateKubeProxyImage(ctx context.Context, kcp *controlplanev1.KubeadmControlPlane) error {
 	ds := &appsv1.DaemonSet{}
-	err := w.Client.Get(ctx, ctrlclient.ObjectKey{Name: kubeProxyDaemonSetName, Namespace: metav1.NamespaceSystem}, ds)
-	if err != nil && !apierrors.IsNotFound(err) {
+
+	if err := w.Client.Get(ctx, ctrlclient.ObjectKey{Name: kubeProxyDaemonSetName, Namespace: metav1.NamespaceSystem}, ds); err != nil {
+		if apierrors.IsNotFound(err) {
+			// if kube-proxy is missing, return without errors
+			return nil
+		}
 		return errors.Wrapf(err, "failed to determine if %s daemonset already exists", kubeProxyDaemonSetName)
-	} else if err != nil {
-		// if kube-proxy is missing, return without errors
-		return nil
 	}
 
 	newImageName, err := modifyImageTag(ds.Spec.Template.Spec.Containers[0].Image, kcp.Spec.Version)
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 7469cecebf00..50e1c810241a 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -282,15 +282,15 @@ github.com/onsi/ginkgo v0.0.0-20170829012221-11459a886d9c/go.mod h1:lLunBs/Ym6LB
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+github.com/onsi/ginkgo v1.12.0 h1:Iw5WCbBcaAAd0fpRb1c9r5YCylv4XDoCSigm1zLevwU=
+github.com/onsi/ginkgo v1.12.0/go.mod h1:oUhWkIvk5aDxtKvDDuw8gItl8pKl42LzjC9KZE0HfGg=
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+github.com/onsi/gomega v1.7.1/go.mod h1:XdKZgCCFLUoM/7CFJVPcG8C1xQ1AJ0vpAezJrB7JYyY=
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-<<<<<<< HEAD
 github.com/onsi/gomega v1.9.0 h1:R1uwffexN6Pr340GtYRIdZmAiN4J+iw6WG4wog1DUXg=
 github.com/onsi/gomega v1.9.0/go.mod h1:Ho0h+IUsWyvy1OpqCwxlQ/21gkhVunqlU8fDGcoTdcA=
-=======
->>>>>>> update kube-proxy daemonset tag
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@@ -458,6 +458,7 @@ golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20190422165155-953cdadca894/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7w
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