diff --git a/pkg/lib/queueinformer/queueinformer_operator.go b/pkg/lib/queueinformer/queueinformer_operator.go
index ecdb4eb896..77795480fc 100644
--- a/pkg/lib/queueinformer/queueinformer_operator.go
+++ b/pkg/lib/queueinformer/queueinformer_operator.go
@@ -285,6 +285,16 @@ func (o *operator) processNextWorkItem(ctx context.Context, loop *QueueInformer)
 
 		logger = logger.WithField("cache-key", key)
 
+		if !ok {
+			// we should really only (sync) resource event items
+			// otherwise we run the risk of processing the same object concurrently across the number of workers.
+			// As is, at least, the case for the namespace resolution informer,
+			// the namespace name gets added to the queue (e.g. nsResolveQueue.Add(obj.GetNamespace())),
+			// but the QueueInformer's Enqueue method always adds ResourceEvents.
+			queue.Add(kubestate.NewResourceEvent(kubestate.ResourceUpdated, key))
+			return true
+		}
+
 		var resource interface{}
 		if loop.indexer == nil {
 			resource = event.Resource()
@@ -305,11 +315,7 @@ func (o *operator) processNextWorkItem(ctx context.Context, loop *QueueInformer)
 			}
 		}
 
-		if !ok {
-			event = kubestate.NewResourceEvent(kubestate.ResourceUpdated, resource)
-		} else {
-			event = kubestate.NewResourceEvent(event.Type(), resource)
-		}
+		event = kubestate.NewResourceEvent(event.Type(), resource)
 	}
 
 	// Sync and requeue on error (throw out failed deletion syncs)