diff --git a/pkg/reconciler/featureflag/controller.go b/pkg/reconciler/featureflag/controller.go
index ce0cc4f66..c619351e4 100644
--- a/pkg/reconciler/featureflag/controller.go
+++ b/pkg/reconciler/featureflag/controller.go
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 func NewController(ctx context.Context, cmw configmap.Watcher) *controller.Impl {
-	logger := reconciler.NewControllerLogger(ctx, "namespace")
+	logger := reconciler.NewControllerLogger(ctx, "featureflag")
 
 	namespaceInformer := namespaceinformer.Get(ctx)
 
@@ -58,7 +58,9 @@ func NewController(ctx context.Context, cmw configmap.Watcher) *controller.Impl
 		&config.DefaultsConfig{},
 	}
 	resync := configmap.TypeFilter(configsToResync...)(func(string, interface{}) {
-		impl.GlobalResync(namespaceInformer.Informer())
+		impl.FilteredGlobalResync(
+			controller.FilterWithName(v1alpha1.KfNamespace),
+			namespaceInformer.Informer())
 	})
 	configStore := config.NewStore(logger.Named("kf-config-store"), resync)
 	configStore.WatchConfigs(cmw)
diff --git a/pkg/reconciler/featureflag/reconciler.go b/pkg/reconciler/featureflag/reconciler.go
index f4016aa7e..71ce628f8 100644
--- a/pkg/reconciler/featureflag/reconciler.go
+++ b/pkg/reconciler/featureflag/reconciler.go
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ package featureflag
 import (
 	"context"
 	"encoding/json"
+	"fmt"
 
 	"github.com/google/kf/v2/pkg/apis/kf/config"
 	"github.com/google/kf/v2/pkg/apis/kf/v1alpha1"
@@ -24,6 +25,7 @@ import (
 	v1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 	v1listers "k8s.io/client-go/listers/core/v1"
+	"k8s.io/client-go/tools/cache"
 	"knative.dev/pkg/controller"
 )
 
@@ -40,6 +42,11 @@ var _ controller.Reconciler = (*Reconciler)(nil)
 func (r *Reconciler) Reconcile(ctx context.Context, key string) error {
 	ctx = r.configStore.ToContext(ctx)
 
+	// Make sure we only reconcile the Kf namespace.
+	if err := validateKfNamespaceName(key); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
 	ns, nsErr := r.namespaceLister.Get(v1alpha1.KfNamespace)
 	if nsErr != nil {
 		return nsErr
@@ -51,6 +58,19 @@ func (r *Reconciler) Reconcile(ctx context.Context, key string) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
+func validateKfNamespaceName(key string) error {
+	namespace, _, err := cache.SplitMetaNamespaceKey(key)
+
+	switch {
+	case err != nil:
+		return err
+	case namespace != v1alpha1.KfNamespace:
+		return fmt.Errorf("invalid namespace %q queued, expect only %q", namespace, v1alpha1.KfNamespace)
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
 func (r *Reconciler) reconcileFeatureFlags(ctx context.Context, namespace *v1.Namespace) (*v1.Namespace, error) {
 	// Don't modify the informers copy.
 	existing := namespace.DeepCopy()
diff --git a/pkg/reconciler/featureflag/reconciler_test.go b/pkg/reconciler/featureflag/reconciler_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6eb28cd09
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/reconciler/featureflag/reconciler_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+// Copyright 2023 Google LLC
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+package featureflag
+
+import (
+	"errors"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/google/kf/v2/pkg/kf/testutil"
+)
+
+func TestValidateKfNamespaceName(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	cases := map[string]struct {
+		key  string
+		want error
+	}{
+		"nominal":           {key: "kf/", want: nil},
+		"invalid namespace": {key: "kf-system/", want: errors.New(`invalid namespace "kf-system" queued, expect only "kf"`)},
+		"invalid key":       {key: "foo/bar/bazz", want: errors.New(`unexpected key format: "foo/bar/bazz"`)},
+	}
+
+	for tn, tc := range cases {
+		t.Run(tn, func(t *testing.T) {
+			got := validateKfNamespaceName(tc.key)
+
+			testutil.AssertErrorsEqual(t, tc.want, got)
+		})
+	}
+}