diff --git a/controlplane/kubeadm/controllers/controller.go b/controlplane/kubeadm/controllers/controller.go
index d6a10904cd75..32f7840c4bb0 100644
--- a/controlplane/kubeadm/controllers/controller.go
+++ b/controlplane/kubeadm/controllers/controller.go
@@ -276,7 +276,7 @@ func (r *KubeadmControlPlaneReconciler) reconcile(ctx context.Context, cluster *
 		return ctrl.Result{}, err
 	}
 
-	controlPlaneMachines, err := r.managementCluster.GetMachinesForCluster(ctx, util.ObjectKey(cluster), machinefilters.ControlPlaneMachines(cluster.Name))
+	controlPlaneMachines, err := r.managementClusterUncached.GetMachinesForCluster(ctx, util.ObjectKey(cluster), machinefilters.ControlPlaneMachines(cluster.Name))
 	if err != nil {
 		logger.Error(err, "failed to retrieve control plane machines for cluster")
 		return ctrl.Result{}, err