diff --git a/agent/xds/clusters.go b/agent/xds/clusters.go
index f6a3532447..ba04dada22 100644
--- a/agent/xds/clusters.go
+++ b/agent/xds/clusters.go
@@ -1003,9 +1003,9 @@ func (s *ResourceGenerator) clustersFromSnapshotAPIGateway(cfgSnap *proxycfg.Con
 
 			createdClusters[uid] = true
 		}
-
-		clusters = append(clusters, makeAPIGatewayJWKClusters(s.Logger, cfgSnap)...)
 	}
+
+	clusters = append(clusters, makeAPIGatewayJWKClusters(s.Logger, cfgSnap)...)
 	return clusters, nil
 }