diff --git a/operators/multiclusterobservability/pkg/rendering/renderer_alertmanager.go b/operators/multiclusterobservability/pkg/rendering/renderer_alertmanager.go
index da951cb7c..978feb25a 100644
--- a/operators/multiclusterobservability/pkg/rendering/renderer_alertmanager.go
+++ b/operators/multiclusterobservability/pkg/rendering/renderer_alertmanager.go
@@ -126,6 +126,8 @@ func (r *MCORenderer) renderAlertManagerStatefulSet(res *resource.Resource, name
 	found, image = mcoconfig.GetOauthProxyImage(r.imageClient)
 	if found {
 		oauthProxyContainer.Image = image
+	} else {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to get OAuth image for alertmanager")
 	}
 	oauthProxyContainer.ImagePullPolicy = imagePullPolicy
 
diff --git a/operators/multiclusterobservability/pkg/rendering/renderer_grafana.go b/operators/multiclusterobservability/pkg/rendering/renderer_grafana.go
index d60e8af23..44f3db43e 100644
--- a/operators/multiclusterobservability/pkg/rendering/renderer_grafana.go
+++ b/operators/multiclusterobservability/pkg/rendering/renderer_grafana.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 package rendering
 
 import (
+	"fmt"
 	v1 "k8s.io/api/apps/v1"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1/unstructured"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
@@ -71,6 +72,8 @@ func (r *MCORenderer) renderGrafanaDeployments(res *resource.Resource,
 	found, image = config.GetOauthProxyImage(r.imageClient)
 	if found {
 		spec.Containers[2].Image = image
+	} else {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to get OAuth image for Grafana")
 	}
 	spec.Containers[2].ImagePullPolicy = imagePullPolicy
 
diff --git a/operators/multiclusterobservability/pkg/rendering/renderer_proxy.go b/operators/multiclusterobservability/pkg/rendering/renderer_proxy.go
index 4c9ddf3e5..d0cff6f17 100644
--- a/operators/multiclusterobservability/pkg/rendering/renderer_proxy.go
+++ b/operators/multiclusterobservability/pkg/rendering/renderer_proxy.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 package rendering
 
 import (
+	"fmt"
 	"strings"
 
 	v1 "k8s.io/api/apps/v1"
@@ -96,6 +97,8 @@ func (r *MCORenderer) renderProxyDeployment(res *resource.Resource,
 	found, image = mcoconfig.GetOauthProxyImage(r.imageClient)
 	if found {
 		spec.Containers[1].Image = image
+	} else {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to get OAuth image for rbacqueryproxy")
 	}
 
 	for idx := range spec.Volumes {