diff --git a/scripts/run-integration-tests.sh b/scripts/run-integration-tests.sh
index 82e0f19388..5fee720f3d 100755
--- a/scripts/run-integration-tests.sh
+++ b/scripts/run-integration-tests.sh
@@ -146,6 +146,14 @@ if [[ "$PROVISION" == true ]]; then
     __cluster_created=1
 fi
 
+# Daemonset template
+sed -i'.bak' "s,602401143452.dkr.ecr.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/amazon-k8s-cni,$IMAGE_NAME," "$TEST_CONFIG_PATH"
+sed -i'.bak' "s,:$MANIFEST_IMAGE_VERSION,:$TEST_IMAGE_VERSION," "$TEST_CONFIG_PATH"
+sed -i'.bak' "s,602401143452.dkr.ecr.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/amazon-k8s-cni-init,$INIT_IMAGE_NAME," "$TEST_CONFIG_PATH"
+sed -i'.bak' "s,:$MANIFEST_IMAGE_VERSION,:$TEST_IMAGE_VERSION," "$TEST_CONFIG_PATH"
+
+export KUBECONFIG=$KUBECONFIG_PATH
+ADDONS_CNI_IMAGE=$($KUBECTL_PATH describe daemonset aws-node -n kube-system | grep Image | cut -d ":" -f 2-3 | tr -d '[:space:]')
 
 echo "TESTING downloading eksctl"
 curl --silent --location "https://github.com/weaveworks/eksctl/releases/latest/download/eksctl_$(uname -s)_amd64.tar.gz" | tar xz -C /tmp
@@ -167,15 +175,6 @@ $KUBECTL_PATH get pods
 echo "Using $BASE_CONFIG_PATH as a template"
 cp "$BASE_CONFIG_PATH" "$TEST_CONFIG_PATH"
 
-# Daemonset template
-sed -i'.bak' "s,602401143452.dkr.ecr.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/amazon-k8s-cni,$IMAGE_NAME," "$TEST_CONFIG_PATH"
-sed -i'.bak' "s,:$MANIFEST_IMAGE_VERSION,:$TEST_IMAGE_VERSION," "$TEST_CONFIG_PATH"
-sed -i'.bak' "s,602401143452.dkr.ecr.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/amazon-k8s-cni-init,$INIT_IMAGE_NAME," "$TEST_CONFIG_PATH"
-sed -i'.bak' "s,:$MANIFEST_IMAGE_VERSION,:$TEST_IMAGE_VERSION," "$TEST_CONFIG_PATH"
-
-export KUBECONFIG=$KUBECONFIG_PATH
-ADDONS_CNI_IMAGE=$($KUBECTL_PATH describe daemonset aws-node -n kube-system | grep Image | cut -d ":" -f 2-3 | tr -d '[:space:]')
-
 echo "*******************************************************************************"
 echo "Running integration tests on default CNI version, $ADDONS_CNI_IMAGE"
 echo ""