diff --git a/cmd/kubelet/app/server.go b/cmd/kubelet/app/server.go
index bcc87409b74..843bf2b43c6 100644
--- a/cmd/kubelet/app/server.go
+++ b/cmd/kubelet/app/server.go
@@ -356,6 +356,8 @@ func run(s *options.KubeletServer, kubeDeps *kubelet.KubeletDeps) (err error) {
 				if err != nil {
 					return err
 				}
+			} else {
+				glog.Errorf("failed to init dynamic Kubelet configuration sync: %v", err)
 			}
 		}
 	}