diff --git a/lib/start-proxy-action.js b/lib/start-proxy-action.js
index c46885d63..a42f36cb1 100644
--- a/lib/start-proxy-action.js
+++ b/lib/start-proxy-action.js
@@ -121753,10 +121753,11 @@ async function checkConnections(logger, proxy, backend) {
           logger.error(
             `Connection test to ${registry.url} failed. (${e.statusCode})`
           );
+        } else {
+          logger.error(
+            `Connection test to ${registry.url} failed: ${getErrorMessage(e)}`
+          );
         }
-        logger.error(
-          `Connection test to ${registry.url} failed: ${getErrorMessage(e)}`
-        );
       }
     }
     logger.debug(`Finished testing connections to private registries.`);
diff --git a/src/start-proxy/reachability.ts b/src/start-proxy/reachability.ts
index 66f6f8bc9..ee9641069 100644
--- a/src/start-proxy/reachability.ts
+++ b/src/start-proxy/reachability.ts
@@ -109,10 +109,11 @@ export async function checkConnections(
           logger.error(
             `Connection test to ${registry.url} failed. (${e.statusCode})`,
           );
+        } else {
+          logger.error(
+            `Connection test to ${registry.url} failed: ${getErrorMessage(e)}`,
+          );
         }
-        logger.error(
-          `Connection test to ${registry.url} failed: ${getErrorMessage(e)}`,
-        );
       }
     }