diff --git a/changelogs/unreleased/8538-Lyndon-Li b/changelogs/unreleased/8538-Lyndon-Li
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fb039991d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/unreleased/8538-Lyndon-Li
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Fix issue #8539, validate uploader types when o.CRDsOnly is set to false only since CRD installation doesn't rely on uploader types
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diff --git a/pkg/cmd/cli/install/install.go b/pkg/cmd/cli/install/install.go
index e725c913d..c5d5feb33 100644
--- a/pkg/cmd/cli/install/install.go
+++ b/pkg/cmd/cli/install/install.go
@@ -429,17 +429,17 @@ func (o *Options) Validate(c *cobra.Command, args []string, f client.Factory) er
 		return err
 	}
 
+	// If we're only installing CRDs, we can skip the rest of the validation.
+	if o.CRDsOnly {
+		return nil
+	}
+
 	if msg, err := uploader.ValidateUploaderType(o.UploaderType); err != nil {
 		return err
 	} else if msg != "" {
 		fmt.Printf("⚠️  %s\n", msg)
 	}
 
-	// If we're only installing CRDs, we can skip the rest of the validation.
-	if o.CRDsOnly {
-		return nil
-	}
-
 	// Our main 3 providers don't support bucket names starting with a dash, and a bucket name starting with one
 	// can indicate that an environment variable was left blank.
 	// This case will help catch that error