diff --git a/nixos/kubeadm/modules/k8s-common.nix b/nixos/kubeadm/modules/k8s-common.nix
index c4e5587..7997f7f 100644
--- a/nixos/kubeadm/modules/k8s-common.nix
+++ b/nixos/kubeadm/modules/k8s-common.nix
@@ -230,6 +230,7 @@ in
     wantedBy = [ "multi-user.target" ];
     wants = [ "network-online.target" ];
     after = [ "containerd.service" "network-online.target" ];
+    unitConfig.ConditionPathExists = "/var/lib/kubelet/config.yaml";
     serviceConfig = {
       Environment = "KUBELET_CONFIG_ARGS=--config=/var/lib/kubelet/config.yaml";
       EnvironmentFile = [