diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index c9e4f5ca..14191d60 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ require (
 	golang.org/x/term v0.5.0
 	golang.org/x/time v0.0.0-20220210224613-90d013bbcef8
 	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.28.1
-	k8s.io/api v0.0.0-20230303235756-fc1b77c3f4ab
+	k8s.io/api v0.0.0-20230304080250-2d949b7889c7
 	k8s.io/apimachinery v0.0.0-20230303235435-f357b1fa74b7
 	k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.90.1
 	k8s.io/kube-openapi v0.0.0-20230303024457-afdc3dddf62d
@@ -59,6 +59,6 @@ require (
 )
 
 replace (
-	k8s.io/api => k8s.io/api v0.0.0-20230303235756-fc1b77c3f4ab
+	k8s.io/api => k8s.io/api v0.0.0-20230304080250-2d949b7889c7
 	k8s.io/apimachinery => k8s.io/apimachinery v0.0.0-20230303235435-f357b1fa74b7
 )
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 83cb6251..223b7104 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -473,8 +473,8 @@ honnef.co/go/tools v0.0.0-20190523083050-ea95bdfd59fc/go.mod h1:rf3lG4BRIbNafJWh
 honnef.co/go/tools v0.0.1-2019.2.3/go.mod h1:a3bituU0lyd329TUQxRnasdCoJDkEUEAqEt0JzvZhAg=
 honnef.co/go/tools v0.0.1-2020.1.3/go.mod h1:X/FiERA/W4tHapMX5mGpAtMSVEeEUOyHaw9vFzvIQ3k=
 honnef.co/go/tools v0.0.1-2020.1.4/go.mod h1:X/FiERA/W4tHapMX5mGpAtMSVEeEUOyHaw9vFzvIQ3k=
-k8s.io/api v0.0.0-20230303235756-fc1b77c3f4ab h1:peGI8OxM+LOJxG8FqX/y6BVELxehZ4fDq9cm1a5Qaz0=
-k8s.io/api v0.0.0-20230303235756-fc1b77c3f4ab/go.mod h1:ihVCDKSD6f+H/yGKVpY9HSgpw4StgSvrI3dbK05M9a8=
+k8s.io/api v0.0.0-20230304080250-2d949b7889c7 h1:aiAGgZyin08AS6FReGcsRu4Jx++Z2h1jgqG4wl6mho8=
+k8s.io/api v0.0.0-20230304080250-2d949b7889c7/go.mod h1:esKbT+6XB9TZUHyxlJVQ3zUM0abhQZ81Ic68eirO+xM=
 k8s.io/apimachinery v0.0.0-20230303235435-f357b1fa74b7 h1:YN43Lvs3Pj9iQmuWGojeBiFdz1mkrxe0EZn7Ba3TMpQ=
 k8s.io/apimachinery v0.0.0-20230303235435-f357b1fa74b7/go.mod h1:jlJwObMa4oKAEOMnAeEaqeiM+Fwd/CbAwNyQ7OaEwS0=
 k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.90.1 h1:m4bYOKall2MmOiRaR1J+We67Do7vm9KiQVlT96lnHUw=
diff --git a/tools/cache/reflector.go b/tools/cache/reflector.go
index b320b7a1..ac07d55a 100644
--- a/tools/cache/reflector.go
+++ b/tools/cache/reflector.go
@@ -323,31 +323,40 @@ func (r *Reflector) ListAndWatch(stopCh <-chan struct{}) error {
 	resyncerrc := make(chan error, 1)
 	cancelCh := make(chan struct{})
 	defer close(cancelCh)
-	go func() {
-		resyncCh, cleanup := r.resyncChan()
-		defer func() {
-			cleanup() // Call the last one written into cleanup
-		}()
-		for {
-			select {
-			case <-resyncCh:
-			case <-stopCh:
-				return
-			case <-cancelCh:
-				return
-			}
-			if r.ShouldResync == nil || r.ShouldResync() {
-				klog.V(4).Infof("%s: forcing resync", r.name)
-				if err := r.store.Resync(); err != nil {
-					resyncerrc <- err
-					return
-				}
-			}
-			cleanup()
-			resyncCh, cleanup = r.resyncChan()
-		}
-	}()
+	go r.startResync(stopCh, cancelCh, resyncerrc)
+	return r.watch(stopCh, resyncerrc)
+}
 
+// startResync periodically calls r.store.Resync() method.
+// Note that this method is blocking and should be
+// called in a separate goroutine.
+func (r *Reflector) startResync(stopCh <-chan struct{}, cancelCh <-chan struct{}, resyncerrc chan error) {
+	resyncCh, cleanup := r.resyncChan()
+	defer func() {
+		cleanup() // Call the last one written into cleanup
+	}()
+	for {
+		select {
+		case <-resyncCh:
+		case <-stopCh:
+			return
+		case <-cancelCh:
+			return
+		}
+		if r.ShouldResync == nil || r.ShouldResync() {
+			klog.V(4).Infof("%s: forcing resync", r.name)
+			if err := r.store.Resync(); err != nil {
+				resyncerrc <- err
+				return
+			}
+		}
+		cleanup()
+		resyncCh, cleanup = r.resyncChan()
+	}
+}
+
+// watch simply starts a watch request with the server.
+func (r *Reflector) watch(stopCh <-chan struct{}, resyncerrc chan error) error {
 	retry := NewRetryWithDeadline(r.MaxInternalErrorRetryDuration, time.Minute, apierrors.IsInternalError, r.clock)
 	for {
 		// give the stopCh a chance to stop the loop, even in case of continue statements further down on errors