diff --git a/pkg/controller/volume/persistentvolume/pv_controller.go b/pkg/controller/volume/persistentvolume/pv_controller.go
index da0f5b2fddb..e516c9f9df9 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/volume/persistentvolume/pv_controller.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/volume/persistentvolume/pv_controller.go
@@ -164,6 +164,7 @@ type PersistentVolumeController struct {
 	volumePluginMgr           vol.VolumePluginMgr
 	enableDynamicProvisioning bool
 	clusterName               string
+	resyncPeriod              time.Duration
 
 	// Cache of the last known version of volumes and claims. This cache is
 	// thread safe as long as the volumes/claims there are not modified, they
diff --git a/pkg/controller/volume/persistentvolume/pv_controller_base.go b/pkg/controller/volume/persistentvolume/pv_controller_base.go
index 74259f8dfbc..cfbe26401ae 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/volume/persistentvolume/pv_controller_base.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/volume/persistentvolume/pv_controller_base.go
@@ -87,30 +87,29 @@ func NewController(p ControllerParameters) (*PersistentVolumeController, error)
 		createProvisionedPVInterval:   createProvisionedPVInterval,
 		claimQueue:                    workqueue.NewNamed("claims"),
 		volumeQueue:                   workqueue.NewNamed("volumes"),
+		resyncPeriod:                  p.SyncPeriod,
 	}
 
 	if err := controller.volumePluginMgr.InitPlugins(p.VolumePlugins, controller); err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("Could not initialize volume plugins for PersistentVolume Controller: %v", err)
 	}
 
-	p.VolumeInformer.Informer().AddEventHandlerWithResyncPeriod(
+	p.VolumeInformer.Informer().AddEventHandler(
 		cache.ResourceEventHandlerFuncs{
 			AddFunc:    func(obj interface{}) { controller.enqueueWork(controller.volumeQueue, obj) },
 			UpdateFunc: func(oldObj, newObj interface{}) { controller.enqueueWork(controller.volumeQueue, newObj) },
 			DeleteFunc: func(obj interface{}) { controller.enqueueWork(controller.volumeQueue, obj) },
 		},
-		p.SyncPeriod,
 	)
 	controller.volumeLister = p.VolumeInformer.Lister()
 	controller.volumeListerSynced = p.VolumeInformer.Informer().HasSynced
 
-	p.ClaimInformer.Informer().AddEventHandlerWithResyncPeriod(
+	p.ClaimInformer.Informer().AddEventHandler(
 		cache.ResourceEventHandlerFuncs{
 			AddFunc:    func(obj interface{}) { controller.enqueueWork(controller.claimQueue, obj) },
 			UpdateFunc: func(oldObj, newObj interface{}) { controller.enqueueWork(controller.claimQueue, newObj) },
 			DeleteFunc: func(obj interface{}) { controller.enqueueWork(controller.claimQueue, obj) },
 		},
-		p.SyncPeriod,
 	)
 	controller.claimLister = p.ClaimInformer.Lister()
 	controller.claimListerSynced = p.ClaimInformer.Informer().HasSynced
@@ -276,6 +275,7 @@ func (ctrl *PersistentVolumeController) Run(stopCh <-chan struct{}) {
 
 	ctrl.initializeCaches(ctrl.volumeLister, ctrl.claimLister)
 
+	go wait.Until(ctrl.resync, ctrl.resyncPeriod, stopCh)
 	go wait.Until(ctrl.volumeWorker, time.Second, stopCh)
 	go wait.Until(ctrl.claimWorker, time.Second, stopCh)
 
@@ -397,6 +397,31 @@ func (ctrl *PersistentVolumeController) claimWorker() {
 	}
 }
 
+// resync supplements short resync period of shared informers - we don't want
+// all consumers of PV/PVC shared informer to have a short resync period,
+// therefore we do our own.
+func (ctrl *PersistentVolumeController) resync() {
+	glog.V(4).Infof("resyncing PV controller")
+
+	pvcs, err := ctrl.claimLister.List(labels.NewSelector())
+	if err != nil {
+		glog.Warningf("cannot list claims: %s", err)
+		return
+	}
+	for _, pvc := range pvcs {
+		ctrl.enqueueWork(ctrl.claimQueue, pvc)
+	}
+
+	pvs, err := ctrl.volumeLister.List(labels.NewSelector())
+	if err != nil {
+		glog.Warningf("cannot list persistent volumes: %s", err)
+		return
+	}
+	for _, pv := range pvs {
+		ctrl.enqueueWork(ctrl.volumeQueue, pv)
+	}
+}
+
 // setClaimProvisioner saves
 // claim.Annotations[annStorageProvisioner] = class.Provisioner
 func (ctrl *PersistentVolumeController) setClaimProvisioner(claim *v1.PersistentVolumeClaim, class *storage.StorageClass) (*v1.PersistentVolumeClaim, error) {
diff --git a/pkg/controller/volume/persistentvolume/pv_controller_test.go b/pkg/controller/volume/persistentvolume/pv_controller_test.go
index 2169c30a4b9..41d5ce4b831 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/volume/persistentvolume/pv_controller_test.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/volume/persistentvolume/pv_controller_test.go
@@ -145,8 +145,7 @@ func TestControllerSync(t *testing.T) {
 		}
 		// Simulate a periodic resync, just in case some events arrived in a
 		// wrong order.
-		ctrl.claims.Resync()
-		ctrl.volumes.store.Resync()
+		ctrl.resync()
 
 		err = reactor.waitTest(test)
 		if err != nil {