diff --git a/pkg/podexecutor/staticpod.go b/pkg/podexecutor/staticpod.go
index 5dfc71affc..a8ff5f8246 100644
--- a/pkg/podexecutor/staticpod.go
+++ b/pkg/podexecutor/staticpod.go
@@ -280,10 +280,11 @@ func (s *StaticPodConfig) APIServer(_ context.Context, etcdReady <-chan struct{}
 			"--audit-log-maxbackup=10",
 			"--audit-log-maxsize=100",
 		}
-		args = append(extraArgs, args...)
 		if auditLogFile == "" {
 			auditLogFile = filepath.Join(s.DataDir, "server/logs/audit.log")
+			extraArgs = append(extraArgs, "--audit-log-path="+auditLogFile)
 		}
+		args = append(extraArgs, args...)
 	}
 
 	args = append([]string{"--admission-control-config-file=" + s.PSAConfigFile}, args...)