diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/storage/cacher/watch_cache.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/storage/cacher/watch_cache.go
index b95ae2c17ae..920b576bf56 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/storage/cacher/watch_cache.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/storage/cacher/watch_cache.go
@@ -518,7 +518,8 @@ func (w *watchCache) notFresh(resourceVersion uint64) bool {
 // WaitUntilFreshAndGet returns a pointers to <storeElement> object.
 func (w *watchCache) WaitUntilFreshAndGet(ctx context.Context, resourceVersion uint64, key string) (interface{}, bool, uint64, error) {
 	var err error
-	if utilfeature.DefaultFeatureGate.Enabled(features.ConsistentListFromCache) && w.notFresh(resourceVersion) {
+	requestWatchProgressSupported := etcdfeature.DefaultFeatureSupportChecker.Supports(storage.RequestWatchProgress)
+	if utilfeature.DefaultFeatureGate.Enabled(features.ConsistentListFromCache) && requestWatchProgressSupported && w.notFresh(resourceVersion) {
 		w.waitingUntilFresh.Add()
 		err = w.waitUntilFreshAndBlock(ctx, resourceVersion)
 		w.waitingUntilFresh.Remove()