diff --git a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/SparkSubmit.scala b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/SparkSubmit.scala
index d3c5f0eaf0341..632d23b73cc2d 100644
--- a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/SparkSubmit.scala
+++ b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/SparkSubmit.scala
@@ -308,21 +308,22 @@ private[spark] class SparkSubmit extends Logging {
         args.repositories, args.ivyRepoPath, args.ivySettingsPath)
 
       if (resolvedMavenCoordinates.nonEmpty) {
-        // In K8s client mode, when in the driver, add resolved jars early as we might need
-        // them at the submit time for artifact downloading.
-        // For example we might use the dependencies for downloading
-        // files from a Hadoop Compatible fs e.g. S3. In this case the user might pass:
-        // --packages com.amazonaws:aws-java-sdk:1.7.4:org.apache.hadoop:hadoop-aws:2.7.6
-        if (isKubernetesClusterModeDriver) {
-          val loader = getSubmitClassLoader(sparkConf)
-          for (jar <- resolvedMavenCoordinates) {
-            addJarToClasspath(jar, loader)
-          }
-        } else if (isKubernetesCluster) {
+        if (isKubernetesCluster) {
           // We need this in K8s cluster mode so that we can upload local deps
           // via the k8s application, like in cluster mode driver
           childClasspath ++= resolvedMavenCoordinates
         } else {
+          // In K8s client mode, when in the driver, resolved jars are added in the driver.
+          // For example, we might use the dependencies for downloading
+          // files from a Hadoop Compatible fs e.g. S3. In this case the user might pass:
+          // --packages com.amazonaws:aws-java-sdk:1.7.4:org.apache.hadoop:hadoop-aws:2.7.6
+          if (isKubernetesClusterModeDriver) {
+            val loader = getSubmitClassLoader(sparkConf)
+            for (jar <- resolvedMavenCoordinates) {
+              addJarToClasspath(jar, loader)
+            }
+          }
+
           args.jars = mergeFileLists(args.jars, mergeFileLists(resolvedMavenCoordinates: _*))
           if (args.isPython || isInternal(args.primaryResource)) {
             args.pyFiles = mergeFileLists(args.pyFiles,