diff --git a/pkg/cluster/managed.go b/pkg/cluster/managed.go
index a7cb78ffb0..cead4d51b6 100644
--- a/pkg/cluster/managed.go
+++ b/pkg/cluster/managed.go
@@ -62,17 +62,18 @@ func (c *Cluster) start(ctx context.Context) error {
 		rebootstrap := func() error {
 			return c.storageBootstrap(ctx)
 		}
-		if err := c.managedDB.Reset(ctx, rebootstrap); err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
+		return c.managedDB.Reset(ctx, rebootstrap)
 	case c.config.ClusterReset:
 		if _, err := os.Stat(resetFile); err != nil {
 			if !os.IsNotExist(err) {
 				return err
 			}
-		} else {
-			return fmt.Errorf("cluster-reset was successfully performed, please remove the cluster-reset flag and start %s normally, if you need to perform another cluster reset, you must first manually delete the %s file", version.Program, resetFile)
+			rebootstrap := func() error {
+				return c.storageBootstrap(ctx)
+			}
+			return c.managedDB.Reset(ctx, rebootstrap)
 		}
+		return fmt.Errorf("cluster-reset was successfully performed, please remove the cluster-reset flag and start %s normally, if you need to perform another cluster reset, you must first manually delete the %s file", version.Program, resetFile)
 	}
 
 	// removing the reset file and ignore error if the file doesn't exist