diff --git a/cluster/addons.go b/cluster/addons.go
index c3535b33..0a1015a2 100644
--- a/cluster/addons.go
+++ b/cluster/addons.go
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ func (c *Cluster) deployUserAddOns(ctx context.Context) error {
 	if c.Addons != "" {
 		addonJobExists, err := addons.AddonJobExists(UserAddonJobName, c.LocalKubeConfigPath, c.K8sWrapTransport)
 		if err != nil {
-			return nil
+			return err
 		}
 		if addonJobExists {
 			log.Infof(ctx, "[addons] Removing old user addons")