diff --git a/bindata/manifests/metrics-exporter/metrics-service.yaml b/bindata/manifests/metrics-exporter/metrics-service.yaml
index 4ce79f011..76b3f7703 100644
--- a/bindata/manifests/metrics-exporter/metrics-service.yaml
+++ b/bindata/manifests/metrics-exporter/metrics-service.yaml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ spec:
       name: sriov-network-metrics
       port: {{ .MetricsExporterPort }}
       targetPort: {{ .MetricsExporterPort }}
-{{ if .IsOpenshift }}
+{{ if .IsPrometheusOperatorInstalled }}
 ---
 apiVersion: monitoring.coreos.com/v1
 kind: ServiceMonitor
diff --git a/controllers/helper.go b/controllers/helper.go
index 6bda06912..785296221 100644
--- a/controllers/helper.go
+++ b/controllers/helper.go
@@ -400,7 +400,7 @@ func updateDaemonsetNodeSelector(obj *uns.Unstructured, nodeSelector map[string]
 	return nil
 }
 
-func isPrometheusOperatorInstalled(ctx context.Context, client k8sclient.Client) (bool, error) {
+func isPrometheusOperatorInstalled(ctx context.Context, client k8sclient.Reader) bool {
 	u := &unstructured.UnstructuredList{}
 	u.SetGroupVersionKind(schema.GroupVersionKind{
 		Group:   "monitoring.coreos.com",
@@ -409,7 +409,11 @@ func isPrometheusOperatorInstalled(ctx context.Context, client k8sclient.Client)
 	})
 	err := client.List(ctx, u)
 	if err != nil {
-		return false, err
+		if errors.IsNotFound(err) {
+			return false
+		}
+		log.Log.WithName("isPrometheusOperatorInstalled").Error(err, "Error while looking for prometheus operator")
+		return false
 	}
-	return false, nil
+	return true
 }
diff --git a/controllers/helper_test.go b/controllers/helper_test.go
index 1323d891c..716fa9189 100644
--- a/controllers/helper_test.go
+++ b/controllers/helper_test.go
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ package controllers
 
 import (
 	"context"
+	"fmt"
 	"sync"
 	"testing"
 
@@ -25,6 +26,7 @@ import (
 	. "github.com/onsi/gomega"
 
 	"github.com/google/go-cmp/cmp"
+	monitoringv1 "github.com/prometheus-operator/prometheus-operator/pkg/apis/monitoring/v1"
 	appsv1 "k8s.io/api/apps/v1"
 	corev1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/errors"
@@ -32,11 +34,11 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
 	utilruntime "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/runtime"
 	controllerruntime "sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime"
+	k8sclient "sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/client"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/client/fake"
 
 	sriovnetworkv1 "github.com/k8snetworkplumbingwg/sriov-network-operator/api/v1"
 	"github.com/k8snetworkplumbingwg/sriov-network-operator/pkg/vars"
-	monitoringv1 "github.com/prometheus-operator/prometheus-operator/pkg/client/versioned/typed/monitoring/v1"
 )
 
 func TestNodeSelectorMerge(t *testing.T) {
@@ -342,11 +344,11 @@ var _ = Describe("Helper Validation", Ordered, func() {
 			Expect(isPrometheusOperatorInstalled(context.Background(), client)).To(BeTrue())
 		})
 
-		It("should return false if no monitoring.coreos.com resource is available in the cluster", func() {
-			scheme := runtime.NewScheme()
-			client := fake.NewClientBuilder().
-				WithScheme(scheme).
-				Build()
+		It("should return false if no monitoring.coreos.com resource is not available in the cluster", func() {
+			// There is no way to instruct a fake client to return an error while listing unknown resources
+			// so we use a client that returns an error on get and list
+			// https://github.com/k8snetworkplumbingwg/sriov-network-operator/blob/8d32f42b42b59a27864043ad22afa3741f197d9a/vendor/sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/client/fake/client.go#L513
+			client := &errorReturningClient{}
 			Expect(isPrometheusOperatorInstalled(context.Background(), client)).To(BeFalse())
 		})
 
@@ -354,14 +356,13 @@ var _ = Describe("Helper Validation", Ordered, func() {
 
 })
 
-func TestIsPrometheusOperatorSupported(t *testing.T) {
-	scheme := runtime.NewScheme()
-	fake.NewClientBuilder().
-		WithScheme(scheme).WithObjects(&nodeState).
-		Build()
-
-	assert
+type errorReturningClient struct {
+}
 
-	utilruntime.Must(sriovnetworkv1.AddToScheme(scheme))
+func (e *errorReturningClient) Get(ctx context.Context, key k8sclient.ObjectKey, obj k8sclient.Object, opts ...k8sclient.GetOption) error {
+	return fmt.Errorf("resource get error")
+}
 
+func (e *errorReturningClient) List(ctx context.Context, list k8sclient.ObjectList, opts ...k8sclient.ListOption) error {
+	return fmt.Errorf("resource list error")
 }
diff --git a/controllers/sriovoperatorconfig_controller.go b/controllers/sriovoperatorconfig_controller.go
index f30a72a63..ed33f9e99 100644
--- a/controllers/sriovoperatorconfig_controller.go
+++ b/controllers/sriovoperatorconfig_controller.go
@@ -232,6 +232,7 @@ func (r *SriovOperatorConfigReconciler) syncMetricsExporter(ctx context.Context,
 	data.Data["MetricsExporterPort"] = os.Getenv("METRICS_EXPORTER_PORT")
 	data.Data["MetricsExporterKubeRbacProxyImage"] = os.Getenv("METRICS_EXPORTER_KUBE_RBAC_PROXY_IMAGE")
 	data.Data["IsOpenshift"] = r.PlatformHelper.IsOpenshiftCluster()
+	data.Data["IsPrometheusOperatorInstalled"] = isPrometheusOperatorInstalled(ctx, r.Client)
 	data.Data["NodeSelectorField"] = GetDefaultNodeSelector()
 	if dc.Spec.ConfigDaemonNodeSelector != nil {
 		data.Data["NodeSelectorField"] = dc.Spec.ConfigDaemonNodeSelector
diff --git a/controllers/suite_test.go b/controllers/suite_test.go
index 2708023cc..2a37a0ccc 100644
--- a/controllers/suite_test.go
+++ b/controllers/suite_test.go
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ import (
 	netattdefv1 "github.com/k8snetworkplumbingwg/network-attachment-definition-client/pkg/apis/k8s.cni.cncf.io/v1"
 	openshiftconfigv1 "github.com/openshift/api/config/v1"
 	mcfgv1 "github.com/openshift/machine-config-operator/pkg/apis/machineconfiguration.openshift.io/v1"
+	monitoringv1 "github.com/prometheus-operator/prometheus-operator/pkg/apis/monitoring/v1"
 
 	//+kubebuilder:scaffold:imports
 	sriovnetworkv1 "github.com/k8snetworkplumbingwg/sriov-network-operator/api/v1"
@@ -153,6 +154,8 @@ var _ = BeforeSuite(func() {
 	Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
 	err = openshiftconfigv1.AddToScheme(scheme.Scheme)
 	Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
+	err = monitoringv1.AddToScheme(scheme.Scheme)
+	Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
 
 	vars.Config = cfg
 	vars.Scheme = scheme.Scheme