diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/pod-security-admission/admission/admission.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/pod-security-admission/admission/admission.go
index 1bb3a9b7af7..467c9fc0e5c 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/pod-security-admission/admission/admission.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/pod-security-admission/admission/admission.go
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ import (
 	"sort"
 	"time"
 
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/types"
+
 	"k8s.io/klog/v2"
 
 	admissionv1 "k8s.io/api/admission/v1"
@@ -522,18 +524,23 @@ func (a *Admission) EvaluatePodsInNamespace(ctx context.Context, namespace strin
 
 		podWarnings        []string
 		podWarningsToCount = make(map[string]podCount)
+		prioritisedPods    = a.prioritisePods(pods)
 	)
+
 	totalPods := len(pods)
 	if len(pods) > a.namespaceMaxPodsToCheck {
-		pods = pods[0:a.namespaceMaxPodsToCheck]
+		prioritisedPods = prioritisedPods[0:a.namespaceMaxPodsToCheck]
 	}
 
 	checkedPods := len(pods)
-	for i, pod := range pods {
+	for i, pod := range prioritisedPods {
+		checkedPods = i + 1
+
 		// short-circuit on exempt runtimeclass
 		if a.exemptRuntimeClass(pod.Spec.RuntimeClassName) {
 			continue
 		}
+
 		r := policy.AggregateCheckResults(a.Evaluator.EvaluatePod(enforce, &pod.ObjectMeta, &pod.Spec))
 		if !r.Allowed {
 			warning := r.ForbiddenReason()
@@ -548,7 +555,6 @@ func (a *Admission) EvaluatePodsInNamespace(ctx context.Context, namespace strin
 			podWarningsToCount[warning] = c
 		}
 		if err := ctx.Err(); err != nil { // deadline exceeded or context was cancelled
-			checkedPods = i + 1
 			break
 		}
 	}
@@ -731,6 +737,29 @@ func (a *Admission) exemptRuntimeClass(runtimeClass *string) bool {
 	// TODO: consider optimizing to O(1) lookup
 	return containsString(*runtimeClass, a.Configuration.Exemptions.RuntimeClasses)
 }
+
+// Filter and prioritise pods based on runtimeclass and uniqueness of the controller respectively for evaluation
+func (a *Admission) prioritisePods(pods []*corev1.Pod) []*corev1.Pod {
+	var replicatedPods []*corev1.Pod
+	var prioritisedPods []*corev1.Pod
+	evaluatedControllers := make(map[types.UID]bool)
+	for _, pod := range pods {
+		// short-circuit if pod from the same controller is evaluated
+		podOwnerControllerRef := metav1.GetControllerOfNoCopy(pod)
+		if podOwnerControllerRef == nil {
+			prioritisedPods = append(prioritisedPods, pod)
+			continue
+		}
+		if evaluatedControllers[podOwnerControllerRef.UID] {
+			replicatedPods = append(replicatedPods, pod)
+			continue
+		}
+		prioritisedPods = append(prioritisedPods, pod)
+		evaluatedControllers[podOwnerControllerRef.UID] = true
+	}
+	return append(prioritisedPods, replicatedPods...)
+}
+
 func containsString(needle string, haystack []string) bool {
 	for _, s := range haystack {
 		if s == needle {
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/pod-security-admission/admission/admission_test.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/pod-security-admission/admission/admission_test.go
index f0f4f027e25..e1c1e03fcd3 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/pod-security-admission/admission/admission_test.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/pod-security-admission/admission/admission_test.go
@@ -18,11 +18,15 @@ package admission
 
 import (
 	"context"
+	"math/rand"
 	"reflect"
 	"strings"
 	"testing"
 	"time"
 
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/types"
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/uuid"
+
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 
 	admissionv1 "k8s.io/api/admission/v1"
@@ -765,3 +769,60 @@ func (r *FakeRecorder) ExpectEvaluations(t *testing.T, expected []EvaluationReco
 	t.Helper()
 	assert.ElementsMatch(t, expected, r.evaluations)
 }
+
+func TestPrioritisePods(t *testing.T) {
+	isController := true
+	sampleOwnerReferences := []struct {
+		ownerRefs []metav1.OwnerReference
+	}{
+		{
+			ownerRefs: []metav1.OwnerReference{
+				{
+					UID:        uuid.NewUUID(),
+					Controller: &isController,
+				},
+			},
+		}, {
+			ownerRefs: []metav1.OwnerReference{
+				{
+					UID:        uuid.NewUUID(),
+					Controller: &isController,
+				},
+			},
+		}, {
+			ownerRefs: []metav1.OwnerReference{
+				{
+					UID:        uuid.NewUUID(),
+					Controller: &isController,
+				},
+			},
+		},
+	}
+
+	var pods []*corev1.Pod
+	randomSource := rand.NewSource(time.Now().Unix())
+	for _, sampleOwnerRef := range sampleOwnerReferences {
+		// Generate multiple pods for a controller
+		for i := 0; i < rand.New(randomSource).Intn(5)+len(sampleOwnerReferences); i++ {
+			pods = append(pods, &corev1.Pod{
+				ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
+					OwnerReferences: sampleOwnerRef.ownerRefs,
+				},
+				Spec: corev1.PodSpec{},
+			})
+		}
+	}
+	a := &Admission{}
+	prioritisedPods := a.prioritisePods(pods)
+	controllerRef := make(map[types.UID]bool)
+
+	for i := 0; i < len(sampleOwnerReferences); i++ {
+		if controllerRef[metav1.GetControllerOfNoCopy(prioritisedPods[i]).UID] {
+			assert.Fail(t, "Pods are not prioritised based on uniqueness of the controller")
+		}
+		controllerRef[metav1.GetControllerOfNoCopy(prioritisedPods[i]).UID] = true
+	}
+	if len(prioritisedPods) != len(pods) {
+		assert.Fail(t, "Pod count is not the same after prioritization")
+	}
+}
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