diff --git a/api/v1beta2/awscluster_webhook_test.go b/api/v1beta2/awscluster_webhook_test.go
index 41bc5d3b1c..18c0352f91 100644
--- a/api/v1beta2/awscluster_webhook_test.go
+++ b/api/v1beta2/awscluster_webhook_test.go
@@ -663,7 +663,7 @@ func TestAWSClusterValidateCreate(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 	for _, tt := range tests {
 		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
-			defer utilfeature.SetFeatureGateDuringTest(t, feature.Gates, feature.BootstrapFormatIgnition, true)()
+			utilfeature.SetFeatureGateDuringTest(t, feature.Gates, feature.BootstrapFormatIgnition, true)
 
 			cluster := tt.cluster.DeepCopy()
 			cluster.ObjectMeta = metav1.ObjectMeta{
diff --git a/api/v1beta2/awsmachine_webhook_test.go b/api/v1beta2/awsmachine_webhook_test.go
index 80e7abc45a..30c84e587e 100644
--- a/api/v1beta2/awsmachine_webhook_test.go
+++ b/api/v1beta2/awsmachine_webhook_test.go
@@ -439,7 +439,7 @@ func TestAWSMachineCreate(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 	for _, tt := range tests {
 		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
-			defer utilfeature.SetFeatureGateDuringTest(t, feature.Gates, feature.BootstrapFormatIgnition, true)()
+			utilfeature.SetFeatureGateDuringTest(t, feature.Gates, feature.BootstrapFormatIgnition, true)
 
 			machine := tt.machine.DeepCopy()
 			machine.ObjectMeta = metav1.ObjectMeta{