diff --git a/cmd/agent/main.go b/cmd/agent/main.go
index af97301a1..10498c9ad 100644
--- a/cmd/agent/main.go
+++ b/cmd/agent/main.go
@@ -36,11 +36,9 @@ func main() {
 	flags.AddFlagSet(o.Flags())
 	local := flag.NewFlagSet(os.Args[0], flag.ExitOnError)
 	klog.InitFlags(local)
-	if local.Lookup("v") == nil {
-		err := local.Set("v", "4")
-		if err != nil {
-			fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "error setting klog flags: %v", err)
-		}
+	err := local.Set("v", "4")
+	if err != nil {
+		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "error setting klog flags: %v", err)
 	}
 	local.VisitAll(func(fl *flag.Flag) {
 		fl.Name = util.Normalize(fl.Name)
diff --git a/cmd/server/main.go b/cmd/server/main.go
index 3bad77eec..fdb1a736b 100644
--- a/cmd/server/main.go
+++ b/cmd/server/main.go
@@ -36,11 +36,9 @@ func main() {
 	flags.AddFlagSet(o.Flags())
 	local := flag.NewFlagSet(os.Args[0], flag.ExitOnError)
 	klog.InitFlags(local)
-	if local.Lookup("v") == nil {
-		err := local.Set("v", "4")
-		if err != nil {
-			fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "error setting klog flags: %v", err)
-		}
+	err := local.Set("v", "4")
+	if err != nil {
+		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "error setting klog flags: %v", err)
 	}
 	local.VisitAll(func(fl *flag.Flag) {
 		fl.Name = util.Normalize(fl.Name)