diff --git a/pkg/controller/cluster/cluster_controller.go b/pkg/controller/cluster/cluster_controller.go
index fe315df01..0a5377b9b 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/cluster/cluster_controller.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/cluster/cluster_controller.go
@@ -440,6 +440,12 @@ func (c *clusterController) syncCluster(key string) error {
 		return nil
 	}
 
+	// currently we didn't set cluster.Spec.Enable when creating cluster at client side, so only check
+	// if we enable cluster.Spec.JoinFederation now
+	if cluster.Spec.JoinFederation == false {
+		return nil
+	}
+
 	// save a old copy of cluster
 	oldCluster := cluster.DeepCopy()