diff --git a/pkg/addons/addons.go b/pkg/addons/addons.go
index 56899c5a9d276bcb0c274fca295ff9169859433b..c338b844d141bf1325f0679859cb7b1dcbc84231 100644
--- a/pkg/addons/addons.go
+++ b/pkg/addons/addons.go
@@ -334,7 +334,11 @@ func Start(wg *sync.WaitGroup, cc *config.ClusterConfig, toEnable map[string]boo
 
 	// Apply new addons
 	for _, name := range additional {
-		toEnable[name] = true
+		// if the specified addon doesn't exist, skip enabling
+		_, e := isAddonValid(name)
+		if e {
+			toEnable[name] = true
+		}
 	}
 
 	toEnableList := []string{}