diff --git a/pkg/cache/cache_test.go b/pkg/cache/cache_test.go
index 9049129cc4..9efd04877c 100644
--- a/pkg/cache/cache_test.go
+++ b/pkg/cache/cache_test.go
@@ -861,6 +861,19 @@ func CacheTest(createCacheFunc func(config *rest.Config, opts cache.Options) (ca
 					Expect(listObj.Items).Should(HaveLen(1))
 				})
 
+				It("should return an error if pagination is used", func() {
+					listObj := &corev1.PodList{}
+					By("verifying that the first list works and returns a sentinel continue")
+					err := informerCache.List(context.Background(), listObj)
+					Expect(err).ToNot(HaveOccurred())
+					Expect(listObj.Continue).To(Equal("continue-not-supported"))
+
+					By("verifying that an error is returned")
+					err = informerCache.List(context.Background(), listObj, client.Continue(listObj.Continue))
+					Expect(err).To(HaveOccurred())
+					Expect(err.Error()).To(Equal("continue list option is not supported by the cache"))
+				})
+
 				It("should return an error if the continue list options is set", func() {
 					listObj := &corev1.PodList{}
 					continueOpt := client.Continue("token")
@@ -1182,6 +1195,25 @@ func CacheTest(createCacheFunc func(config *rest.Config, opts cache.Options) (ca
 					Expect(nodeList.Items).NotTo(BeEmpty())
 					Expect(len(nodeList.Items)).To(BeEquivalentTo(2))
 				})
+
+				It("should return an error if pagination is used", func() {
+					nodeList := &unstructured.UnstructuredList{}
+					nodeList.SetGroupVersionKind(schema.GroupVersionKind{
+						Group:   "",
+						Version: "v1",
+						Kind:    "NodeList",
+					})
+					By("verifying that the first list works and returns a sentinel continue")
+					err := informerCache.List(context.Background(), nodeList)
+					Expect(err).ToNot(HaveOccurred())
+					Expect(nodeList.GetContinue()).To(Equal("continue-not-supported"))
+
+					By("verifying that an error is returned")
+					err = informerCache.List(context.Background(), nodeList, client.Continue(nodeList.GetContinue()))
+					Expect(err).To(HaveOccurred())
+					Expect(err.Error()).To(Equal("continue list option is not supported by the cache"))
+				})
+
 				It("should return an error if the continue list options is set", func() {
 					podList := &unstructured.Unstructured{}
 					continueOpt := client.Continue("token")
@@ -1511,6 +1543,24 @@ func CacheTest(createCacheFunc func(config *rest.Config, opts cache.Options) (ca
 					err := informerCache.Get(context.Background(), svcKey, svc)
 					Expect(err).To(HaveOccurred())
 				})
+
+				It("should return an error if pagination is used", func() {
+					nodeList := &metav1.PartialObjectMetadataList{}
+					nodeList.SetGroupVersionKind(schema.GroupVersionKind{
+						Group:   "",
+						Version: "v1",
+						Kind:    "NodeList",
+					})
+					By("verifying that the first list works and returns a sentinel continue")
+					err := informerCache.List(context.Background(), nodeList)
+					Expect(err).ToNot(HaveOccurred())
+					Expect(nodeList.GetContinue()).To(Equal("continue-not-supported"))
+
+					By("verifying that an error is returned")
+					err = informerCache.List(context.Background(), nodeList, client.Continue(nodeList.GetContinue()))
+					Expect(err).To(HaveOccurred())
+					Expect(err.Error()).To(Equal("continue list option is not supported by the cache"))
+				})
 			})
 			type selectorsTestCase struct {
 				options      cache.Options
diff --git a/pkg/cache/internal/cache_reader.go b/pkg/cache/internal/cache_reader.go
index 81ee960b73..33ce8a830a 100644
--- a/pkg/cache/internal/cache_reader.go
+++ b/pkg/cache/internal/cache_reader.go
@@ -174,7 +174,13 @@ func (c *CacheReader) List(_ context.Context, out client.ObjectList, opts ...cli
 		}
 		runtimeObjs = append(runtimeObjs, outObj)
 	}
-	return apimeta.SetList(out, runtimeObjs)
+
+	if err := apimeta.SetList(out, runtimeObjs); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	out.SetContinue("continue-not-supported")
+	return nil
 }
 
 func byIndexes(indexer cache.Indexer, requires fields.Requirements, namespace string) ([]interface{}, error) {
diff --git a/pkg/cache/multi_namespace_cache.go b/pkg/cache/multi_namespace_cache.go
index aeeeb66937..f1e14a131c 100644
--- a/pkg/cache/multi_namespace_cache.go
+++ b/pkg/cache/multi_namespace_cache.go
@@ -249,6 +249,10 @@ func (c *multiNamespaceCache) List(ctx context.Context, list client.ObjectList,
 	listOpts := client.ListOptions{}
 	listOpts.ApplyOptions(opts)
 
+	if listOpts.Continue != "" {
+		return fmt.Errorf("continue list option is not supported by the cache")
+	}
+
 	isNamespaced, err := apiutil.IsObjectNamespaced(list, c.Scheme, c.RESTMapper)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
@@ -316,7 +320,12 @@ func (c *multiNamespaceCache) List(ctx context.Context, list client.ObjectList,
 	}
 	listAccessor.SetResourceVersion(resourceVersion)
 
-	return apimeta.SetList(list, allItems)
+	if err := apimeta.SetList(list, allItems); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	list.SetContinue("continue-not-supported")
+	return nil
 }
 
 // multiNamespaceInformer knows how to handle interacting with the underlying informer across multiple namespaces.