diff --git a/pkg/registry/apis/playlist/register.go b/pkg/registry/apis/playlist/register.go
index 4bb5998ca9b..857ad5bca41 100644
--- a/pkg/registry/apis/playlist/register.go
+++ b/pkg/registry/apis/playlist/register.go
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ func (b *PlaylistAPIBuilder) GetAPIGroupInfo(
 	storage[resource.StoragePath()] = legacyStore
 
 	// enable dual writes if a RESTOptionsGetter is provided
-	if optsGetter != nil {
+	if optsGetter != nil && dualWrite {
 		store, err := newStorage(scheme, optsGetter, legacyStore)
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, err