diff --git a/k8sclient/k8sclient.go b/k8sclient/k8sclient.go
index 15424848d..5e32c6690 100644
--- a/k8sclient/k8sclient.go
+++ b/k8sclient/k8sclient.go
@@ -380,7 +380,8 @@ func TryLoadK8sDelegates(k8sArgs *types.K8sArgs, conf *types.NetConf, kubeClient
 	delegates, err := GetK8sNetwork(kubeClient, k8sArgs, conf.ConfDir)
 	if err != nil {
 		if _, ok := err.(*NoK8sNetworkError); ok {
-			return 0, nil, nil
+			return 0, clientInfo, nil
+			//return 0, nil, nil
 		}
 		return 0, nil, fmt.Errorf("Multus: Err in getting k8s network from pod: %v", err)
 	}
diff --git a/multus/multus.go b/multus/multus.go
index 0406da475..f73cde77e 100644
--- a/multus/multus.go
+++ b/multus/multus.go
@@ -263,10 +263,12 @@ func cmdAdd(args *skel.CmdArgs, exec invoke.Exec, kubeClient k8s.KubeClient) (cn
 	}
 
 	//set the network status annotation in apiserver, only in case Multus as kubeconfig
-	if n.Kubeconfig != "" && kc.Podnamespace != "kube-system" {
-		err = k8s.SetNetworkStatus(kc, netStatus)
-		if err != nil {
-			return nil, fmt.Errorf("Multus: Err set the networks status: %v", err)
+	if n.Kubeconfig != "" && kc != nil {
+		if kc.Podnamespace != "kube-system" {
+			err = k8s.SetNetworkStatus(kc, netStatus)
+			if err != nil {
+				return nil, fmt.Errorf("Multus: Err set the networks status: %v", err)
+			}
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -317,10 +319,12 @@ func cmdDel(args *skel.CmdArgs, exec invoke.Exec, kubeClient k8s.KubeClient) err
 	}
 
 	//unset the network status annotation in apiserver, only in case Multus as kubeconfig
-	if in.Kubeconfig != "" && kc.Podnamespace != "kube-system" {
-		err := k8s.SetNetworkStatus(kc, nil)
-		if err != nil {
-			return fmt.Errorf("Multus: Err unset the networks status: %v", err)
+	if in.Kubeconfig != "" && kc != nil {
+		if kc.Podnamespace != "kube-system" {
+			err := k8s.SetNetworkStatus(kc, nil)
+			if err != nil {
+				return fmt.Errorf("Multus: Err unset the networks status: %v", err)
+			}
 		}
 	}