diff --git a/pkg/minikube/node/cache.go b/pkg/minikube/node/cache.go
index d7fe818af362..1c34dce14755 100644
--- a/pkg/minikube/node/cache.go
+++ b/pkg/minikube/node/cache.go
@@ -170,7 +170,8 @@ func beginDownloadKicBaseImage(g *errgroup.Group, cc *config.ClusterConfig, down
 			}
 
 			if cc.Driver == driver.Podman {
-				return fmt.Errorf("not yet implemented, see issue #8426")
+				klog.Infof("iskipping image load from cache: not implemented for podman. see issue #8426")
+				return nil
 			}
 			if driver.IsDocker(cc.Driver) && err == nil {
 				klog.Infof("Loading %s from local cache", img)