Setting disableNetworkDiagnostics: true does not persist when network-operator pod gets re-created

Description of problem:

Setting disableNetworkDiagnostics: true does not persist when network-operator pod gets re-created.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
4.11.0-rc.0

How reproducible:
100%

Steps to Reproduce:

1. $ oc patch network.operator.openshift.io/cluster --patch '{"spec":{"disableNetworkDiagnostics":true}}' --type=merge
network.operator.openshift.io/cluster patched

2. $ oc -n openshift-network-operator delete pods network-operator-9b68954c6-bclx6
pod "network-operator-9b68954c6-bclx6" deleted

3. $ oc get network.operator.openshift.io cluster -o json | jq .spec.disableNetworkDiagnostics
false

Actual results:
disableNetworkDiagnostics set to false, not set to true as configured in step 1

Expected results:
disableNetworkDiagnostics set to true

Additional info:

Attaching must-gather.