diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/server/options/recommended.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/server/options/recommended.go
index 452b1c20d8f..b8d60517ad7 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/server/options/recommended.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/server/options/recommended.go
@@ -104,6 +104,14 @@ func (o *RecommendedOptions) ApplyTo(config *server.RecommendedConfig) error {
 	if err := o.Etcd.ApplyTo(&config.Config); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
+	if err := o.EgressSelector.ApplyTo(&config.Config); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	if feature.DefaultFeatureGate.Enabled(features.APIServerTracing) {
+		if err := o.Traces.ApplyTo(config.Config.EgressSelector, &config.Config); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+	}
 	if err := o.SecureServing.ApplyTo(&config.Config.SecureServing, &config.Config.LoopbackClientConfig); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
@@ -119,14 +127,6 @@ func (o *RecommendedOptions) ApplyTo(config *server.RecommendedConfig) error {
 	if err := o.Features.ApplyTo(&config.Config); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	if err := o.EgressSelector.ApplyTo(&config.Config); err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-	if feature.DefaultFeatureGate.Enabled(features.APIServerTracing) {
-		if err := o.Traces.ApplyTo(config.Config.EgressSelector, &config.Config); err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
-	}
 	if err := o.CoreAPI.ApplyTo(config); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/server/options/tracing.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/server/options/tracing.go
index 2504d8958a3..3e7c70fcf75 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/server/options/tracing.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/server/options/tracing.go
@@ -106,7 +106,9 @@ func (o *TracingOptions) ApplyTo(es *egressselector.EgressSelector, c *server.Co
 	}
 	tp := traces.NewProvider(context.Background(), sampler, resourceOpts, opts...)
 	c.TracerProvider = &tp
-	c.LoopbackClientConfig.Wrap(traces.WrapperFor(c.TracerProvider))
+	if c.LoopbackClientConfig != nil {
+		c.LoopbackClientConfig.Wrap(traces.WrapperFor(c.TracerProvider))
+	}
 	return nil
 }