When running e2e tests with OTE, tests were failing with panic errors. 

fail [runtime/panic.go:262]: Test Panicked: runtime error: invalid memory address or nil pointer dereference fail [runtime/panic.go:262]: Test Panicked

failed job
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Always    

1. make build
2. ./bin/cluster-control-plane-machine-set-operator-ext run-suite cpmso/presubmit
3.
    

fail [runtime/panic.go:262]: Test Panicked: runtime error: invalid memory address or nil pointer dereference fail [runtime/panic.go:262]: Test Panicked

Test run successfully