diff --git a/ui/lib/kubernetes/addon/decorators/fetch-config.js b/ui/lib/kubernetes/addon/decorators/fetch-config.js
index feb4d182d7..9337d5d535 100644
--- a/ui/lib/kubernetes/addon/decorators/fetch-config.js
+++ b/ui/lib/kubernetes/addon/decorators/fetch-config.js
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ export function withConfig() {
             .queryRecord('kubernetes/config', { backend })
             .then((record) => {
               this.configModel = record;
+              this.promptConfig = false;
             })
             .catch((error) => {
               // we need to ignore if the user does not have permission or other failures so as to not block the other operations
@@ -42,6 +43,8 @@ export function withConfig() {
                 this.configError = error;
               }
             });
+        } else {
+          this.promptConfig = false;
         }
       }
     };