diff --git a/pkg/controllers/dataexport/reconcile.go b/pkg/controllers/dataexport/reconcile.go
index 0ad92b909..62cc00cff 100644
--- a/pkg/controllers/dataexport/reconcile.go
+++ b/pkg/controllers/dataexport/reconcile.go
@@ -276,16 +276,13 @@ func (c *Controller) sync(ctx context.Context, in *kdmpapi.DataExport) (bool, er
 
 			kdmpData, err := core.Instance().GetConfigMap(utils.KdmpConfigmapName, utils.KdmpConfigmapNamespace)
 			if err != nil {
-				logrus.Errorf("failed reading config map %v: %v", utils.KdmpConfigmapName, err)
-				if err != nil {
-					msg := fmt.Sprintf("Failed in parsing the excludeFileList configmap parameter from configmap [%v/%v]", utils.KdmpConfigmapNamespace, utils.KdmpConfigmapName)
-					logrus.Errorf(msg)
-					data := updateDataExportDetail{
-						status: kdmpapi.DataExportStatusFailed,
-						reason: msg,
-					}
-					return false, c.updateStatus(dataExport, data)
+				msg := fmt.Sprintf("Failed in reading the configmap [%v/%v]", utils.KdmpConfigmapNamespace, utils.KdmpConfigmapName)
+				logrus.Errorf(msg)
+				data := updateDataExportDetail{
+					status: kdmpapi.DataExportStatusFailed,
+					reason: msg,
 				}
+				return false, c.updateStatus(dataExport, data)
 			} else {
 				compressionType = kdmpData.Data[compressionKey]
 				if len(compressionType) == 0 {