diff --git a/pkg/kube/ready.go b/pkg/kube/ready.go
index f7de909f3..b2d26ba76 100644
--- a/pkg/kube/ready.go
+++ b/pkg/kube/ready.go
@@ -90,13 +90,6 @@ type ReadyChecker struct {
 // IsReady will fetch the latest state of the object from the server prior to
 // performing readiness checks, and it will return any error encountered.
 func (c *ReadyChecker) IsReady(ctx context.Context, v *resource.Info) (bool, error) {
-	var (
-		// This defaults to true, otherwise we get to a point where
-		// things will always return false unless one of the objects
-		// that manages pods has been hit
-		ok  = true
-		err error
-	)
 	switch value := AsVersioned(v).(type) {
 	case *corev1.Pod:
 		pod, err := c.client.CoreV1().Pods(v.Namespace).Get(ctx, v.Name, metav1.GetOptions{})
diff --git a/pkg/kube/ready_test.go b/pkg/kube/ready_test.go
index a4c1d076b..3b8c4b80a 100644
--- a/pkg/kube/ready_test.go
+++ b/pkg/kube/ready_test.go
@@ -283,7 +283,7 @@ func Test_ReadyChecker_statefulSetReady(t *testing.T) {
 		{
 			name: "statefulset is ready when current revision for current replicas does not match update revision for updated replicas when using partition !=0",
 			args: args{
-				sts: newStatefulSetWithUpdateRevision("foo", 3, 2, 3, 3, "foo-bbbbbbb"),
+				sts: newStatefulSetWithUpdateRevision("foo", 3, 2, 3, 3, "foo-bbbbbbb", true),
 			},
 			want: true,
 		},
@@ -463,6 +463,12 @@ func Test_ReadyChecker_volumeReady(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func newStatefulSetWithUpdateRevision(name string, replicas, partition, readyReplicas, updatedReplicas int, updateRevision string, generationInSync bool) *appsv1.StatefulSet {
+	ss := newStatefulSet(name, replicas, partition, readyReplicas, updatedReplicas, generationInSync)
+	ss.Status.UpdateRevision = updateRevision
+	return ss
+}
+
 func newDaemonSet(name string, maxUnavailable, numberReady, desiredNumberScheduled, updatedNumberScheduled int, generationInSync bool) *appsv1.DaemonSet {
 	var generation, observedGeneration int64 = 1, 1
 	if !generationInSync {