diff --git a/pkg/action/action.go b/pkg/action/action.go
index 16c5d3546..9405cc401 100644
--- a/pkg/action/action.go
+++ b/pkg/action/action.go
@@ -167,8 +167,8 @@ func (c *Configuration) releaseContent(name string, version int) (*release.Relea
 // GetVersionSet retrieves a set of available k8s API versions
 func GetVersionSet(client discovery.ServerResourcesInterface) (chartutil.VersionSet, error) {
 	groups, resources, err := client.ServerGroupsAndResources()
-	if err != nil {
-		return chartutil.DefaultVersionSet, err
+	if err != nil && !discovery.IsGroupDiscoveryFailedError(err) {
+		return chartutil.DefaultVersionSet, errors.Wrap(err, "could not get apiVersions from Kubernetes")
 	}
 
 	// FIXME: The Kubernetes test fixture for cli appears to always return nil