diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/server/config.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/server/config.go
index c2e5eb7bb6d..3d06f9ab0ef 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/server/config.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/server/config.go
@@ -476,11 +476,11 @@ func DefaultBuildHandlerChain(apiHandler http.Handler, c *Config) http.Handler {
 	}
 	handler = genericapifilters.WithAuthentication(handler, c.RequestContextMapper, c.Authenticator, genericapifilters.Unauthorized(c.RequestContextMapper, c.Serializer, c.SupportsBasicAuth))
 	handler = genericfilters.WithCORS(handler, c.CorsAllowedOriginList, nil, nil, nil, "true")
-	handler = genericfilters.WithPanicRecovery(handler)
 	handler = genericfilters.WithTimeoutForNonLongRunningRequests(handler, c.RequestContextMapper, c.LongRunningFunc)
 	handler = genericfilters.WithMaxInFlightLimit(handler, c.MaxRequestsInFlight, c.MaxMutatingRequestsInFlight, c.RequestContextMapper, c.LongRunningFunc)
 	handler = genericapifilters.WithRequestInfo(handler, NewRequestInfoResolver(c), c.RequestContextMapper)
 	handler = apirequest.WithRequestContext(handler, c.RequestContextMapper)
+	handler = genericfilters.WithPanicRecovery(handler)
 	return handler
 }