diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/cmd/config/set_credentials.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/cmd/config/set_credentials.go
index e982c518a9a..adc1cee3eca 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/cmd/config/set_credentials.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/cmd/config/set_credentials.go
@@ -302,8 +302,6 @@ func (o *setCredentialsOptions) modifyAuthInfo(existingAuthInfo clientcmdapi.Aut
 			// explicitly reset exec arguments
 			modifiedAuthInfo.Exec.Args = nil
 		}
-
-		modifiedAuthInfo.Exec.ProvideClusterInfo = o.execProvideClusterInfo
 	}
 
 	// modify next values only if Exec exists, ignore these changes otherwise
@@ -321,6 +319,8 @@ func (o *setCredentialsOptions) modifyAuthInfo(existingAuthInfo clientcmdapi.Aut
 			modifiedAuthInfo.Exec.InteractiveMode = clientcmdapi.ExecInteractiveMode(o.execInteractiveMode.Value())
 		}
 
+		modifiedAuthInfo.Exec.ProvideClusterInfo = o.execProvideClusterInfo
+
 		// iterate over the existing exec env values and remove the specified
 		if o.execEnvToRemove != nil {
 			newExecEnv := []clientcmdapi.ExecEnvVar{}