diff --git a/cmd/kops/create_cluster.go b/cmd/kops/create_cluster.go
index 4cdabf0c7718b..48f92468f2bb2 100644
--- a/cmd/kops/create_cluster.go
+++ b/cmd/kops/create_cluster.go
@@ -673,7 +673,7 @@ func RunCreateCluster(ctx context.Context, f *util.Factory, out io.Writer, c *Cr
 	}
 
 	for _, p := range c.AddonPaths {
-		addon, err := clusteraddons.LoadClusterAddon(p)
+		addon, err := clusteraddons.LoadClusterAddon(clientset.VFSContext(), p)
 		if err != nil {
 			return fmt.Errorf("error loading cluster addon %s: %v", p, err)
 		}
diff --git a/pkg/clusteraddons/load.go b/pkg/clusteraddons/load.go
index 139526409a9bb..c71ec28b9c65c 100644
--- a/pkg/clusteraddons/load.go
+++ b/pkg/clusteraddons/load.go
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ type ClusterAddon struct {
 }
 
 // LoadClusterAddon loads a set of objects from the specified VFS location
-func LoadClusterAddon(location string) (*ClusterAddon, error) {
+func LoadClusterAddon(vfsContext *vfs.VFSContext, location string) (*ClusterAddon, error) {
 	u, err := url.Parse(location)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("invalid addon location: %q", location)
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ func LoadClusterAddon(location string) (*ClusterAddon, error) {
 
 	resolved := u.String()
 	klog.V(2).Infof("Loading addon from %q", resolved)
-	addonBytes, err := vfs.Context.ReadFile(resolved)
+	addonBytes, err := vfsContext.ReadFile(resolved)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("error reading addon %q: %v", resolved, err)
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/wellknownoperators/operators.go b/pkg/wellknownoperators/operators.go
index f1a6908053a76..6dbed0294f4eb 100644
--- a/pkg/wellknownoperators/operators.go
+++ b/pkg/wellknownoperators/operators.go
@@ -37,7 +37,8 @@ type Package struct {
 }
 
 type Builder struct {
-	Cluster *kops.Cluster
+	VFSContext *vfs.VFSContext
+	Cluster    *kops.Cluster
 }
 
 func (b *Builder) Build(objects kubemanifest.ObjectList) ([]*Package, kubemanifest.ObjectList, error) {
@@ -94,7 +95,7 @@ func (b *Builder) loadClusterPackage(u *unstructured.Unstructured) (*Package, er
 
 	locationURL := channelURL.ResolveReference(&url.URL{Path: location}).String()
 
-	manifestBytes, err := vfs.Context.ReadFile(locationURL)
+	manifestBytes, err := b.VFSContext.ReadFile(locationURL)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("error reading operator manifest %q: %v", locationURL, err)
 	}
diff --git a/upup/pkg/fi/cloudup/bootstrapchannelbuilder/bootstrapchannelbuilder.go b/upup/pkg/fi/cloudup/bootstrapchannelbuilder/bootstrapchannelbuilder.go
index dc17828a0ba25..bcd8dc59f2d85 100644
--- a/upup/pkg/fi/cloudup/bootstrapchannelbuilder/bootstrapchannelbuilder.go
+++ b/upup/pkg/fi/cloudup/bootstrapchannelbuilder/bootstrapchannelbuilder.go
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ import (
 
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime/schema"
 	"k8s.io/klog/v2"
-
 	channelsapi "k8s.io/kops/channels/pkg/api"
 	"k8s.io/kops/pkg/apis/kops"
 	"k8s.io/kops/pkg/assets"
@@ -47,6 +46,7 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/kops/upup/pkg/fi"
 	"k8s.io/kops/upup/pkg/fi/fitasks"
 	"k8s.io/kops/upup/pkg/fi/utils"
+	"k8s.io/kops/util/pkg/vfs"
 )
 
 // BootstrapChannelBuilder is responsible for handling the addons in channels
@@ -162,7 +162,8 @@ func (b *BootstrapChannelBuilder) Build(c *fi.CloudupModelBuilderContext) error
 
 	if featureflag.UseAddonOperators.Enabled() {
 		ob := &wellknownoperators.Builder{
-			Cluster: b.Cluster,
+			VFSContext: vfs.Context,
+			Cluster:    b.Cluster,
 		}
 
 		addonPackages, clusterAddons, err := ob.Build(b.ClusterAddons)