diff --git a/pkg/drivers/kic/oci/info.go b/pkg/drivers/kic/oci/info.go
index e939032056..f5a37435fd 100644
--- a/pkg/drivers/kic/oci/info.go
+++ b/pkg/drivers/kic/oci/info.go
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ var cachedSysInfoErr *error
 
 // CachedDaemonInfo will run and return a docker/podman info only once per minikube run time. to avoid performance
 func CachedDaemonInfo(ociBin string) (SysInfo, error) {
-	if cachedSysInfo == nil {
+	if cachedSysInfo == nil || cachedSysInfoErr != nil { // if cached daemon info has error, try to get a new one
 		si, err := DaemonInfo(ociBin)
 		cachedSysInfo = &si
 		cachedSysInfoErr = &err