diff --git a/pkg/daemons/agent/agent_linux.go b/pkg/daemons/agent/agent_linux.go
index 2de6c4a69d..f493309c37 100644
--- a/pkg/daemons/agent/agent_linux.go
+++ b/pkg/daemons/agent/agent_linux.go
@@ -96,7 +96,8 @@ func kubeletArgs(cfg *config.Agent) map[string]string {
 	if cfg.RuntimeSocket != "" {
 		argsMap["serialize-image-pulls"] = "false"
 		checkRuntimeEndpoint(cfg, argsMap)
-	} else if cfg.PauseImage != "" {
+	}
+	if cfg.PauseImage != "" {
 		argsMap["pod-infra-container-image"] = cfg.PauseImage
 	}
 	if cfg.ImageServiceSocket != "" {
diff --git a/pkg/daemons/agent/agent_windows.go b/pkg/daemons/agent/agent_windows.go
index 6618ee583d..d36850e17e 100644
--- a/pkg/daemons/agent/agent_windows.go
+++ b/pkg/daemons/agent/agent_windows.go
@@ -88,7 +88,8 @@ func kubeletArgs(cfg *config.Agent) map[string]string {
 		argsMap["container-runtime"] = "remote"
 		argsMap["serialize-image-pulls"] = "false"
 		checkRuntimeEndpoint(cfg, argsMap)
-	} else if cfg.PauseImage != "" {
+	}
+	if cfg.PauseImage != "" {
 		argsMap["pod-infra-container-image"] = cfg.PauseImage
 	}
 	if cfg.ListenAddress != "" {