diff --git a/src/common/__tests__/kube-helpers.test.ts b/src/common/__tests__/kube-helpers.test.ts
index ddecc6bde8..2a346bfef5 100644
--- a/src/common/__tests__/kube-helpers.test.ts
+++ b/src/common/__tests__/kube-helpers.test.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { KubeConfig } from "@kubernetes/client-node";
-import { validateKubeConfig, loadConfig } from "../kube-helpers";
+import { validateKubeConfig, loadConfig, getNodeWarningConditions } from "../kube-helpers";
 
 const kubeconfig = `
 apiVersion: v1
@@ -251,4 +251,43 @@ describe("kube helpers", () => {
       });
     });
   });
+
+  describe("getNodeWarningConditions", () => {
+    it("should return an empty array if no status or no conditions", () => {
+      expect(getNodeWarningConditions({}).length).toBe(0);
+    });
+
+    it("should return an empty array if all conditions are good", () => {
+      expect(getNodeWarningConditions({
+        status: {
+          conditions: [
+            {
+              type: "Ready",
+              status: "foobar"
+            }
+          ]
+        }
+      }).length).toBe(0);
+    });
+
+    it("should all not ready conditions", () => {
+      const conds = getNodeWarningConditions({
+        status: {
+          conditions: [
+            {
+              type: "Ready",
+              status: "foobar"
+            },
+            {
+              type: "NotReady",
+              status: "true"
+            },
+          ]
+        }
+      });
+
+      expect(conds.length).toBe(1);
+      expect(conds[0].type).toBe("NotReady");
+    });
+  });
 });
diff --git a/src/common/kube-helpers.ts b/src/common/kube-helpers.ts
index fb4691fedb..e4a1168699 100644
--- a/src/common/kube-helpers.ts
+++ b/src/common/kube-helpers.ts
@@ -174,9 +174,9 @@ export function podHasIssues(pod: V1Pod) {
 }
 
 export function getNodeWarningConditions(node: V1Node) {
-  return node.status.conditions.filter(c =>
+  return node.status?.conditions?.filter(c =>
     c.status.toLowerCase() === "true" && c.type !== "Ready" && c.type !== "HostUpgrades"
-  );
+  ) ?? [];
 }
 
 /**