diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/sample-apiserver/pkg/admission/plugin/banflunder/admission.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/sample-apiserver/pkg/admission/plugin/banflunder/admission.go
index e0d1dc671c1..4acfe6448ba 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/sample-apiserver/pkg/admission/plugin/banflunder/admission.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/sample-apiserver/pkg/admission/plugin/banflunder/admission.go
@@ -53,6 +53,10 @@ func (d *DisallowFlunder) Admit(a admission.Attributes) error {
 		return nil
 	}
 
+	if !d.WaitForReady() {
+		return admission.NewForbidden(a, fmt.Errorf("not yet ready to handle request"))
+	}
+
 	metaAccessor, err := meta.Accessor(a.GetObject())
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
@@ -82,6 +86,7 @@ func (d *DisallowFlunder) Admit(a admission.Attributes) error {
 // The lister knows how to lists Fischers.
 func (d *DisallowFlunder) SetInternalWardleInformerFactory(f informers.SharedInformerFactory) {
 	d.lister = f.Wardle().InternalVersion().Fischers().Lister()
+	d.SetReadyFunc(f.Wardle().InternalVersion().Fischers().Informer().HasSynced)
 }
 
 // ValidaValidateInitializationte checks whether the plugin was correctly initialized.
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/sample-apiserver/pkg/cmd/server/start.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/sample-apiserver/pkg/cmd/server/start.go
index f8715db3478..f46f25e8916 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/sample-apiserver/pkg/cmd/server/start.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/sample-apiserver/pkg/cmd/server/start.go
@@ -137,6 +137,7 @@ func (o WardleServerOptions) RunWardleServer(stopCh <-chan struct{}) error {
 
 	server.GenericAPIServer.AddPostStartHook("start-sample-server-informers", func(context genericapiserver.PostStartHookContext) error {
 		config.GenericConfig.SharedInformerFactory.Start(context.StopCh)
+		o.SharedInformerFactory.Start(context.StopCh)
 		return nil
 	})