diff --git a/infrastructures/kubernetes/src/main/java/org/eclipse/che/workspace/infrastructure/kubernetes/KubernetesInfraModule.java b/infrastructures/kubernetes/src/main/java/org/eclipse/che/workspace/infrastructure/kubernetes/KubernetesInfraModule.java
index d4ab3fa1c8e..bbb46f9f690 100644
--- a/infrastructures/kubernetes/src/main/java/org/eclipse/che/workspace/infrastructure/kubernetes/KubernetesInfraModule.java
+++ b/infrastructures/kubernetes/src/main/java/org/eclipse/che/workspace/infrastructure/kubernetes/KubernetesInfraModule.java
@@ -205,5 +205,10 @@ protected void configure() {
         binder(), KubernetesEnvironment.TYPE);
     KubernetesDevfileBindings.addKubernetesBasedComponentTypeBindings(
         binder(), KUBERNETES_COMPONENT_TYPE);
+
+    // We need to initialize the bindings somehow. Because no other environment type is upgradable
+    // to kubernetes, we just call this in a way that initializes the binding with an empty map.
+    KubernetesDevfileBindings.addAllowedEnvironmentTypeUpgradeBindings(
+        binder(), KubernetesEnvironment.TYPE);
   }
 }