diff --git a/pkg/actions/addon/tasks.go b/pkg/actions/addon/tasks.go
index 90a44fdf5a..74a4ae1c92 100644
--- a/pkg/actions/addon/tasks.go
+++ b/pkg/actions/addon/tasks.go
@@ -29,10 +29,7 @@ func CreateAddonTasks(ctx context.Context, cfg *api.ClusterConfig, clusterProvid
 			if addonInfo.IsDefault && !slices.ContainsFunc(cfg.Addons, func(a *api.Addon) bool {
 				return strings.EqualFold(a.Name, addonName)
 			}) {
-				if !cfg.IsAutoModeEnabled() {
-					addons = append(addons, &api.Addon{Name: addonName})
-					autoDefaultAddonNames = append(autoDefaultAddonNames, addonName)
-				} else if addonInfo.IsDefaultAutoMode {
+				if !cfg.IsAutoModeEnabled() || addonInfo.IsDefaultAutoMode {
 					addons = append(addons, &api.Addon{Name: addonName})
 					autoDefaultAddonNames = append(autoDefaultAddonNames, addonName)
 				}