diff --git a/pkg/konnector/controllers/cluster/claimedresources/claimedresources_controller.go b/pkg/konnector/controllers/cluster/claimedresources/claimedresources_controller.go
index aa8d2d716..995fcbe71 100644
--- a/pkg/konnector/controllers/cluster/claimedresources/claimedresources_controller.go
+++ b/pkg/konnector/controllers/cluster/claimedresources/claimedresources_controller.go
@@ -234,7 +234,10 @@ func (c *controller) enqueueConsumer(logger klog.Logger, obj interface{}) {
 		return
 	}
 
-	if !c.isClaimed(logger, o, true) {
+	// If owner label is set - it was claimed before and might not be claimed now (example: reference gone or changed).
+	// So we need to enqueue it to check if it is still needed.
+	_, wasClaimedBefore := o.GetLabels()[kubebindv1alpha2.ObjectOwnerLabel]
+	if !wasClaimedBefore && !c.isClaimed(logger, o, true) {
 		return
 	}
 	logger.V(2).Info("queueing consumer object", "gvr", o.GroupVersionKind().String(), "key", fmt.Sprintf("%s/%s", o.GetNamespace(), o.GetName()))
@@ -293,7 +296,10 @@ func (c *controller) enqueueProvider(logger klog.Logger, obj interface{}) {
 		runtime.HandleError(fmt.Errorf("unexpected type %T in enqueueProvider", obj))
 		return
 	}
-	if !c.isClaimed(logger, o, false) {
+	// If owner label is set - it was claimed before and might not be claimed now (example: reference gone or changed).
+	// So we need to enqueue it to check if it is still needed.
+	_, wasClaimedBefore := o.GetLabels()[kubebindv1alpha2.ObjectOwnerLabel]
+	if !wasClaimedBefore && !c.isClaimed(logger, o, false) {
 		logger.V(4).Info("object is not claimed, skipping", "object", o.GetObjectKind().GroupVersionKind(), "name", o.GetName())
 		return
 	}