diff --git a/pkg/assets/builder.go b/pkg/assets/builder.go
index 683280c30e..13043a5444 100644
--- a/pkg/assets/builder.go
+++ b/pkg/assets/builder.go
@@ -318,11 +318,7 @@ func (a *AssetBuilder) findHash(file *FileAsset) (*hashing.Hash, error) {
 				b, err := vfs.Context.ReadFile(hashURL, vfs.WithBackoff(backoff))
 				if err != nil {
 					// Try to log without being too alarming - issue #7550
-					if ext == ".sha256" {
-						klog.V(2).Infof("Unable to read new sha256 hash file (is this an older/unsupported kubernetes release?) %q: %v", hashURL, err)
-					} else {
-						klog.V(2).Infof("Unable to read hash file %q: %v", hashURL, err)
-					}
+					klog.V(2).Infof("Unable to read hash file %q: %v", hashURL, err)
 					continue
 				}
 				hashString := strings.TrimSpace(string(b))
@@ -336,6 +332,9 @@ func (a *AssetBuilder) findHash(file *FileAsset) (*hashing.Hash, error) {
 				}
 				return hashing.FromString(fields[0])
 			}
+			if ext == ".sha256" {
+				klog.V(2).Infof("Unable to read new sha256 hash file (is this an older/unsupported kubernetes release?)")
+			}
 		}
 	}