diff --git a/pkg/flags/flags.go b/pkg/flags/flags.go
index f447ac6cc8ee3..a9493b0bf388d 100644
--- a/pkg/flags/flags.go
+++ b/pkg/flags/flags.go
@@ -42,11 +42,11 @@ func ConfigureAndParse(cmd *flag.FlagSet, args []string) {
 	cmd.Parse(args)
 
 	log.SetFormatter(getFormatter(*logFormat))
+	setLogLevel(*logLevel)
 
 	klog.InitFlags(nil)
 	klog.SetLogger(logrusr.New(log.StandardLogger()))
 
-	setLogLevel(*logLevel)
 	maybePrintVersionAndExit(*printVersion)
 }