diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/sample-controller/controller.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/sample-controller/controller.go
index 82c023cdc51..8d4fe4b5211 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/sample-controller/controller.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/sample-controller/controller.go
@@ -342,7 +342,7 @@ func (c *Controller) enqueueFoo(obj interface{}) {
 		utilruntime.HandleError(err)
 		return
 	}
-	c.workqueue.AddRateLimited(key)
+	c.workqueue.Add(key)
 }
 
 // handleObject will take any resource implementing metav1.Object and attempt