diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/registry/generic/registry/store.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/registry/generic/registry/store.go
index 78cf9231a70..697fb6a35c2 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/registry/generic/registry/store.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/registry/generic/registry/store.go
@@ -1126,7 +1126,7 @@ func (e *Store) DeleteCollection(ctx context.Context, deleteValidation rest.Vali
 	}
 	wg := sync.WaitGroup{}
 	toProcess := make(chan int, 2*workersNumber)
-	errs := make(chan error, workersNumber)
+	errs := make(chan error, workersNumber+1)
 	workersExited := make(chan struct{})
 	distributorExited := make(chan struct{})