diff --git a/pkg/kube/client.go b/pkg/kube/client.go
index 333e3ab37..96db3d9c7 100644
--- a/pkg/kube/client.go
+++ b/pkg/kube/client.go
@@ -429,7 +429,11 @@ func updateResource(c *Client, target *resource.Info, currentObj runtime.Object,
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil
 	}
-	client, _ := c.ClientSet()
+
+	client, err := c.ClientSet()
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
 
 	pods, err := client.Core().Pods(target.Namespace).List(metav1.ListOptions{
 		FieldSelector: fields.Everything().String(),
diff --git a/pkg/kube/wait.go b/pkg/kube/wait.go
index e10f4997f..4326525f7 100644
--- a/pkg/kube/wait.go
+++ b/pkg/kube/wait.go
@@ -46,7 +46,10 @@ type deployment struct {
 func (c *Client) waitForResources(timeout time.Duration, created Result) error {
 	log.Printf("beginning wait for resources with timeout of %v", timeout)
 
-	cs, _ := c.ClientSet()
+	cs, err := c.ClientSet()
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
 	client := versionedClientsetForDeployment(cs)
 	return wait.Poll(2*time.Second, timeout, func() (bool, error) {
 		pods := []v1.Pod{}