diff --git a/pkg/workflows/workload/writeclusterconfig.go b/pkg/workflows/workload/writeclusterconfig.go
index 4f36fbf63999..5cc563b3d180 100644
--- a/pkg/workflows/workload/writeclusterconfig.go
+++ b/pkg/workflows/workload/writeclusterconfig.go
@@ -20,7 +20,8 @@ func (s *writeClusterConfig) Run(ctx context.Context, commandContext *task.Comma
 
 	}
 
-	if commandContext.ClusterSpec.AWSIamConfig != nil {
+	// Generate AWS IAM kubeconfig only for cluster creation step
+	if commandContext.CurrentClusterSpec == nil && commandContext.ClusterSpec.AWSIamConfig != nil {
 		logger.Info("Generating the aws iam kubeconfig file")
 		err = commandContext.ClusterManager.GenerateAWSIAMKubeconfig(ctx, commandContext.ManagementCluster)
 		if err != nil {