diff --git a/pkg/operator/configobserver/proxy/observe_proxy.go b/pkg/operator/configobserver/proxy/observe_proxy.go
index f06e784f06..e39d59a837 100644
--- a/pkg/operator/configobserver/proxy/observe_proxy.go
+++ b/pkg/operator/configobserver/proxy/observe_proxy.go
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ func (f *observeProxyFlags) ObserveProxyConfig(genericListers configobserver.Lis
 func proxyToMap(proxy *configv1.Proxy) map[string]string {
 	proxyMap := map[string]string{}
 
-	if noProxy := proxy.Spec.NoProxy; len(noProxy) > 0 {
+	if noProxy := proxy.Status.NoProxy; len(noProxy) > 0 {
 		proxyMap["NO_PROXY"] = noProxy
 	}
 
diff --git a/pkg/operator/configobserver/proxy/observe_proxy_test.go b/pkg/operator/configobserver/proxy/observe_proxy_test.go
index 769fcfd3e6..ea783b7f88 100644
--- a/pkg/operator/configobserver/proxy/observe_proxy_test.go
+++ b/pkg/operator/configobserver/proxy/observe_proxy_test.go
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ func TestObserveProxyConfig(t *testing.T) {
 	tests := []struct {
 		name           string
 		proxySpec      configv1.ProxySpec
+		proxyStatus    configv1.ProxyStatus
 		previous       map[string]string
 		expected       map[string]interface{}
 		expectedError  []error
@@ -43,6 +44,7 @@ func TestObserveProxyConfig(t *testing.T) {
 		{
 			name:          "all unset",
 			proxySpec:     configv1.ProxySpec{},
+			proxyStatus:   configv1.ProxyStatus{},
 			expected:      map[string]interface{}{},
 			expectedError: []error{},
 		},
@@ -53,6 +55,11 @@ func TestObserveProxyConfig(t *testing.T) {
 				HTTPSProxy: "https://someplace.it",
 				NoProxy:    "127.0.0.1",
 			},
+			proxyStatus: configv1.ProxyStatus{
+				HTTPProxy:  "http://someplace.it",
+				HTTPSProxy: "https://someplace.it",
+				NoProxy:    "127.0.0.1",
+			},
 			expected: map[string]interface{}{
 				"openshift": map[string]interface{}{
 					"proxy": map[string]interface{}{
@@ -72,6 +79,7 @@ func TestObserveProxyConfig(t *testing.T) {
 			indexer.Add(&configv1.Proxy{
 				ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{Name: "cluster"},
 				Spec:       tt.proxySpec,
+				Status:     tt.proxyStatus,
 			})
 			listers := testLister{
 				lister: configlistersv1.NewProxyLister(indexer),