diff --git a/plugins/kubernetes-backend/src/service/KubernetesFetcher.ts b/plugins/kubernetes-backend/src/service/KubernetesFetcher.ts
index cf4e3f9440..8d8e8f4d97 100644
--- a/plugins/kubernetes-backend/src/service/KubernetesFetcher.ts
+++ b/plugins/kubernetes-backend/src/service/KubernetesFetcher.ts
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ export class KubernetesClientBasedFetcher implements KubernetesFetcher {
     if (this.isServiceAccountAuthentication(authProvider, clusterDetails)) {
       [url, requestInit] = this.fetchArgsInCluster(credential);
     } else if (
-      this.isTokenOrClientCertificateAuthentication(authProvider, credential)
+      !this.isCredentialMissing(authProvider, credential)
     ) {
       [url, requestInit] = this.fetchArgs(clusterDetails, credential);
     } else {