diff --git a/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/phases/reset/updateclusterstatus.go b/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/phases/reset/updateclusterstatus.go
index 85f629800f4..422147c2e60 100644
--- a/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/phases/reset/updateclusterstatus.go
+++ b/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/phases/reset/updateclusterstatus.go
@@ -44,7 +44,9 @@ func runUpdateClusterStatus(c workflow.RunData) error {
 	// Reset the ClusterStatus for a given control-plane node.
 	cfg := r.Cfg()
 	if isControlPlane() && cfg != nil {
-		uploadconfig.ResetClusterStatusForNode(cfg.NodeRegistration.Name, r.Client())
+		if err := uploadconfig.ResetClusterStatusForNode(cfg.NodeRegistration.Name, r.Client()); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
 	}
 
 	return nil