diff --git a/cmd/sriov-network-config-daemon/start.go b/cmd/sriov-network-config-daemon/start.go
index afd392c9d..ff695d234 100644
--- a/cmd/sriov-network-config-daemon/start.go
+++ b/cmd/sriov-network-config-daemon/start.go
@@ -184,6 +184,7 @@ func runStartCmd(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
 	var namespace = os.Getenv("NAMESPACE")
 	if err := sriovnetworkv1.InitNicIDMap(kubeclient, namespace); err != nil {
 		glog.Errorf("failed to run init NicIdMap: %v", err)
+		panic(err.Error())
 	}
 
 	// block the deamon process until nodeWriter finish first its run