diff --git a/k8s-operator/api-proxy/proxy.go b/k8s-operator/api-proxy/proxy.go
index 2ea88efa2..d5a1d24fd 100644
--- a/k8s-operator/api-proxy/proxy.go
+++ b/k8s-operator/api-proxy/proxy.go
@@ -251,8 +251,7 @@ func (ap *APIServerProxy) sessionForProto(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request
 		return
 	}
 
-	err = ap.recordRequestAsEvent(r, who)
-	if err != nil {
+	if err = ap.recordRequestAsEvent(r, who); err != nil {
 		ap.log.Errorf("error recording Kubernetes API request: %v", err)
 		return
 	}