diff --git a/manifests/ccm.yaml b/manifests/ccm.yaml
index d72b7fded9..e8f5403605 100644
--- a/manifests/ccm.yaml
+++ b/manifests/ccm.yaml
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ rules:
   - serviceaccounts
   verbs:
   - create
+  - get
 - apiGroups:
   - ""
   resources:
diff --git a/pkg/cloudprovider/cloudprovider.go b/pkg/cloudprovider/cloudprovider.go
index 236bc97ef8..f756ee26c8 100644
--- a/pkg/cloudprovider/cloudprovider.go
+++ b/pkg/cloudprovider/cloudprovider.go
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ func (k *k3s) Initialize(clientBuilder cloudprovider.ControllerClientBuilder, st
 
 		processor, err := apply.NewForConfig(config)
 		if err != nil {
-			logrus.Fatalf("Failed to create apply processor for %s: %v", controllerName, err)
+			logrus.Panicf("failed to create apply processor for %s: %v", controllerName, err)
 		}
 		k.processor = processor.WithDynamicLookup().WithCacheTypes(lbAppsFactory.Apps().V1().DaemonSet())
 		k.daemonsetCache = lbAppsFactory.Apps().V1().DaemonSet().Cache()
@@ -105,17 +105,17 @@ func (k *k3s) Initialize(clientBuilder cloudprovider.ControllerClientBuilder, st
 		k.workqueue = workqueue.NewRateLimitingQueue(workqueue.DefaultControllerRateLimiter())
 
 		if err := k.Register(ctx, coreFactory.Core().V1().Node(), lbCoreFactory.Core().V1().Pod(), lbDiscFactory.Discovery().V1().EndpointSlice()); err != nil {
-			logrus.Fatalf("Failed to register %s handlers: %v", controllerName, err)
+			logrus.Panicf("failed to register %s handlers: %v", controllerName, err)
 		}
 
 		if err := start.All(ctx, 1, coreFactory, lbCoreFactory, lbAppsFactory, lbDiscFactory); err != nil {
-			logrus.Fatalf("Failed to start %s controllers: %v", controllerName, err)
+			logrus.Panicf("failed to start %s controllers: %v", controllerName, err)
 		}
 	} else {
 		// If load-balancer functionality has not been enabled, delete managed daemonsets.
 		// This uses the raw kubernetes client, as the controllers are not started when the load balancer controller is disabled.
 		if err := k.deleteAllDaemonsets(ctx); err != nil {
-			logrus.Fatalf("Failed to clean up %s daemonsets: %v", controllerName, err)
+			logrus.Panicf("failed to clean up %s daemonsets: %v", controllerName, err)
 		}
 	}
 }
diff --git a/pkg/cloudprovider/servicelb.go b/pkg/cloudprovider/servicelb.go
index 89478f2069..6523d60fbb 100644
--- a/pkg/cloudprovider/servicelb.go
+++ b/pkg/cloudprovider/servicelb.go
@@ -56,11 +56,11 @@ func (k *k3s) Register(ctx context.Context,
 	pods.OnChange(ctx, controllerName, k.onChangePod)
 	endpointslices.OnChange(ctx, controllerName, k.onChangeEndpointSlice)
 
-	if err := k.createServiceLBNamespace(ctx); err != nil {
+	if err := k.ensureServiceLBNamespace(ctx); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	if err := k.createServiceLBServiceAccount(ctx); err != nil {
+	if err := k.ensureServiceLBServiceAccount(ctx); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 
@@ -69,9 +69,13 @@ func (k *k3s) Register(ctx context.Context,
 	return k.removeServiceFinalizers(ctx)
 }
 
-// createServiceLBNamespace ensures that the configured namespace exists.
-func (k *k3s) createServiceLBNamespace(ctx context.Context) error {
-	_, err := k.client.CoreV1().Namespaces().Create(ctx, &core.Namespace{
+// ensureServiceLBNamespace ensures that the configured namespace exists.
+func (k *k3s) ensureServiceLBNamespace(ctx context.Context) error {
+	ns := k.client.CoreV1().Namespaces()
+	if _, err := ns.Get(ctx, k.LBNamespace, meta.GetOptions{}); err == nil || !apierrors.IsNotFound(err) {
+		return err
+	}
+	_, err := ns.Create(ctx, &core.Namespace{
 		ObjectMeta: meta.ObjectMeta{
 			Name: k.LBNamespace,
 		},
@@ -82,9 +86,13 @@ func (k *k3s) createServiceLBNamespace(ctx context.Context) error {
 	return err
 }
 
-// createServiceLBServiceAccount ensures that the ServiceAccount used by pods exists
-func (k *k3s) createServiceLBServiceAccount(ctx context.Context) error {
-	_, err := k.client.CoreV1().ServiceAccounts(k.LBNamespace).Create(ctx, &core.ServiceAccount{
+// ensureServiceLBServiceAccount ensures that the ServiceAccount used by pods exists.
+func (k *k3s) ensureServiceLBServiceAccount(ctx context.Context) error {
+	sa := k.client.CoreV1().ServiceAccounts(k.LBNamespace)
+	if _, err := sa.Get(ctx, "svclb", meta.GetOptions{}); err == nil || !apierrors.IsNotFound(err) {
+		return err
+	}
+	_, err := sa.Create(ctx, &core.ServiceAccount{
 		ObjectMeta: meta.ObjectMeta{
 			Name:      "svclb",
 			Namespace: k.LBNamespace,
diff --git a/pkg/daemons/executor/embed.go b/pkg/daemons/executor/embed.go
index 58430c7f8d..c09dd8277b 100644
--- a/pkg/daemons/executor/embed.go
+++ b/pkg/daemons/executor/embed.go
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ func (e *Embedded) Kubelet(ctx context.Context, args []string) error {
 	go func() {
 		defer func() {
 			if err := recover(); err != nil {
-				logrus.Fatalf("kubelet panic: %s", debug.Stack())
+				logrus.WithField("stack", debug.Stack()).Fatalf("kubelet panic: %v", err)
 			}
 		}()
 		// The embedded executor doesn't need the kubelet to come up to host any components, and
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ func (*Embedded) KubeProxy(ctx context.Context, args []string) error {
 	go func() {
 		defer func() {
 			if err := recover(); err != nil {
-				logrus.Fatalf("kube-proxy panic: %s", debug.Stack())
+				logrus.WithField("stack", debug.Stack()).Fatalf("kube-proxy panic: %v", err)
 			}
 		}()
 		logrus.Fatalf("kube-proxy exited: %v", command.ExecuteContext(ctx))
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ func (*Embedded) APIServer(ctx context.Context, etcdReady <-chan struct{}, args
 		<-etcdReady
 		defer func() {
 			if err := recover(); err != nil {
-				logrus.Fatalf("apiserver panic: %s", debug.Stack())
+				logrus.WithField("stack", debug.Stack()).Fatalf("apiserver panic: %v", err)
 			}
 		}()
 		logrus.Fatalf("apiserver exited: %v", command.ExecuteContext(ctx))
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ func (e *Embedded) Scheduler(ctx context.Context, apiReady <-chan struct{}, args
 		}
 		defer func() {
 			if err := recover(); err != nil {
-				logrus.Fatalf("scheduler panic: %s", debug.Stack())
+				logrus.WithField("stack", debug.Stack()).Fatalf("scheduler panic: %v", err)
 			}
 		}()
 		logrus.Fatalf("scheduler exited: %v", command.ExecuteContext(ctx))
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ func (*Embedded) ControllerManager(ctx context.Context, apiReady <-chan struct{}
 		<-apiReady
 		defer func() {
 			if err := recover(); err != nil {
-				logrus.Fatalf("controller-manager panic: %s", debug.Stack())
+				logrus.WithField("stack", debug.Stack()).Fatalf("controller-manager panic: %v", err)
 			}
 		}()
 		logrus.Fatalf("controller-manager exited: %v", command.ExecuteContext(ctx))
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ func (*Embedded) CloudControllerManager(ctx context.Context, ccmRBACReady <-chan
 		<-ccmRBACReady
 		defer func() {
 			if err := recover(); err != nil {
-				logrus.Fatalf("cloud-controller-manager panic: %s", debug.Stack())
+				logrus.WithField("stack", debug.Stack()).Fatalf("cloud-controller-manager panic: %v", err)
 			}
 		}()
 		logrus.Errorf("cloud-controller-manager exited: %v", command.ExecuteContext(ctx))