diff --git a/pkg/internal/testing/controlplane/apiserver.go b/pkg/internal/testing/controlplane/apiserver.go
index d6a71dc951..999cb90be7 100644
--- a/pkg/internal/testing/controlplane/apiserver.go
+++ b/pkg/internal/testing/controlplane/apiserver.go
@@ -422,7 +422,10 @@ func (s *APIServer) Stop() error {
 			return err
 		}
 	}
-	return s.Authn.Stop()
+	if s.Authn != nil {
+		return s.Authn.Stop()
+	}
+	return nil
 }
 
 // APIServerDefaultArgs exposes the default args for the APIServer so that you