diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index d98033c0e5..26247b2c99 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ go 1.18
 require (
 	github.com/Masterminds/semver/v3 v3.1.1
 	github.com/aws/amazon-ec2-instance-selector/v2 v2.0.4-0.20220124212200-2aee60ac608e
-	github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.43.17
+	github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.43.22
 	github.com/benjamintf1/unmarshalledmatchers v0.0.0-20190408201839-bb1c1f34eaea
 	github.com/blang/semver v3.5.1+incompatible
 	github.com/bxcodec/faker v2.0.1+incompatible
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index c0ae1b19c2..18e18e759b 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -380,8 +380,8 @@ github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.37.0/go.mod h1:hcU610XS61/+aQV88ixoOzUoG7v3b31pl2zK
 github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.38.29/go.mod h1:hcU610XS61/+aQV88ixoOzUoG7v3b31pl2zKMmprdro=
 github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.38.49/go.mod h1:hcU610XS61/+aQV88ixoOzUoG7v3b31pl2zKMmprdro=
 github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.40.34/go.mod h1:585smgzpB/KqRA+K3y/NL/oYRqQvpNJYvLm+LY1U59Q=
-github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.43.17 h1:jDPBz1UuTxmyRo0eLgaRiro0fiI1zL7lkscqYxoEDLM=
-github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.43.17/go.mod h1:y4AeaBuwd2Lk+GepC1E9v0qOiTws0MIWAX4oIKwKHZo=
+github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.43.22 h1:QY9/1TZB73UDEVQ68sUVJXf/7QUiHZl7zbbLF1wpqlc=
+github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.43.22/go.mod h1:y4AeaBuwd2Lk+GepC1E9v0qOiTws0MIWAX4oIKwKHZo=
 github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2 v0.18.0/go.mod h1:JWVYvqSMppoMJC0x5wdwiImzgXTI9FuZwxzkQq9wy+g=
 github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2 v1.9.0/go.mod h1:cK/D0BBs0b/oWPIcX/Z/obahJK1TT7IPVjy53i/mX/4=
 github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2 v1.11.2 h1:SDiCYqxdIYi6HgQfAWRhgdZrdnOuGyLDJVRSWLeHWvs=
diff --git a/pkg/cfn/manager/iam.go b/pkg/cfn/manager/iam.go
index 4487c87407..677baeccae 100644
--- a/pkg/cfn/manager/iam.go
+++ b/pkg/cfn/manager/iam.go
@@ -3,8 +3,10 @@ package manager
 import (
 	"fmt"
 
+	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/aws/awserr"
 	cfn "github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/service/cloudformation"
 	"github.com/kris-nova/logger"
+	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 
 	api "github.com/weaveworks/eksctl/pkg/apis/eksctl.io/v1alpha5"
 	"github.com/weaveworks/eksctl/pkg/cfn/builder"
@@ -17,6 +19,53 @@ func (c *StackCollection) makeIAMServiceAccountStackName(namespace, name string)
 	return fmt.Sprintf("eksctl-%s-addon-iamserviceaccount-%s-%s", c.spec.Metadata.Name, namespace, name)
 }
 
+// stackHasRolledBack alerts of existing stack in rollback status
+func (c *StackCollection) stackHasRolledBack(stackName string) (*Stack, error) {
+	input := &cfn.DescribeStacksInput{
+		StackName: &stackName,
+	}
+	resp, err := c.cloudformationAPI.DescribeStacks(input)
+	if err != nil {
+		aerr, ok := err.(awserr.RequestFailure)
+		if !ok {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+		if len(aerr.Code()) == 0 {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+		if aerr.Code() != "ValidationError" {
+			return nil, errors.Wrapf(err, "describing CloudFormation stack %q, code %q", stackName, aerr.Code())
+		}
+	}
+	if len(resp.Stacks) == 0 {
+		return nil, nil
+	}
+	for _, s := range resp.Stacks {
+		if *(s.StackStatus) == cfn.StackStatusRollbackComplete {
+			return s, nil
+		}
+		if !c.StackStatusIsNotTransitional(s) {
+			return nil, errors.Wrapf(err, "stack %q is in a transitional status (%q)", stackName, *(s.StackStatus))
+		}
+	}
+	return nil, nil
+}
+
+func (c *StackCollection) deleteRolledbackStack(name string) error {
+	rollbackedStack, err := c.stackHasRolledBack(name)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	if rollbackedStack != nil {
+		logger.Warning("deleting existing rolled back stack %q", name)
+		err = c.DeleteStackSync(rollbackedStack)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
 // createIAMServiceAccountTask creates the iamserviceaccount in CloudFormation
 func (c *StackCollection) createIAMServiceAccountTask(errs chan error, spec *api.ClusterIAMServiceAccount, oidc *iamoidc.OpenIDConnectManager) error {
 	name := c.makeIAMServiceAccountStackName(spec.Namespace, spec.Name)
@@ -31,6 +80,9 @@ func (c *StackCollection) createIAMServiceAccountTask(errs chan error, spec *api
 	}
 	spec.Tags[api.IAMServiceAccountNameTag] = spec.NameString()
 
+	if err := c.deleteRolledbackStack(name); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
 	if err := c.CreateStack(name, stack, spec.Tags, nil, errs); err != nil {
 		logger.Info("an error occurred creating the stack, to cleanup resources, run 'eksctl delete iamserviceaccount --region=%s --name=%s --namespace=%s'", c.spec.Metadata.Region, spec.Name, spec.Namespace)
 		return err
@@ -50,6 +102,10 @@ func (c *StackCollection) DescribeIAMServiceAccountStacks() ([]*Stack, error) {
 		if *s.StackStatus == cfn.StackStatusDeleteComplete {
 			continue
 		}
+		if *s.StackStatus == cfn.StackStatusRollbackComplete {
+			logger.Warning("unexpected status for stack %v: ROLLBACK_COMPLETE", *s.StackName)
+			continue
+		}
 		if GetIAMServiceAccountName(s) != "" {
 			iamServiceAccountStacks = append(iamServiceAccountStacks, s)
 		}
diff --git a/pkg/ctl/cmdutils/filter/iamserviceaccount_filter.go b/pkg/ctl/cmdutils/filter/iamserviceaccount_filter.go
index 2f7e8ff8b4..c1a388fd37 100644
--- a/pkg/ctl/cmdutils/filter/iamserviceaccount_filter.go
+++ b/pkg/ctl/cmdutils/filter/iamserviceaccount_filter.go
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ func (f *IAMServiceAccountFilter) SetExcludeExistingFilter(stackManager serviceA
 }
 
 // SetDeleteFilter uses stackManager to list existing iamserviceaccount stacks and configures
-// the filter to either explictily exluce or include iamserviceaccounts that are missing from given serviceAccounts
+// the filter to either explicitly exclude or include iamserviceaccounts that are missing from given serviceAccounts
 func (f *IAMServiceAccountFilter) SetDeleteFilter(lister serviceAccountLister, includeOnlyMissing bool, cfg *api.ClusterConfig) error {
 	existing, err := lister.ListIAMServiceAccountStacks()
 	if err != nil {