diff --git a/ui/src/app/applications/components/utils.tsx b/ui/src/app/applications/components/utils.tsx
index 95cd28c3452944..f11ca2a9163070 100644
--- a/ui/src/app/applications/components/utils.tsx
+++ b/ui/src/app/applications/components/utils.tsx
@@ -474,7 +474,7 @@ function getActionItems(
         .settings()
         .then(async settings => {
             const execAllowed = settings.execEnabled && (await services.accounts.canI('exec', 'create', application.spec.project + '/' + application.metadata.name));
-            if (resource.kind === 'Pod' && settings.execEnabled && execAllowed) {
+            if (resource.kind === 'Pod' && execAllowed) {
                 return [
                     {
                         title: 'Exec',