diff --git a/pkg/controller/nodelifecycle/node_lifecycle_controller.go b/pkg/controller/nodelifecycle/node_lifecycle_controller.go
index d5154f003e7..598b37c1cb3 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/nodelifecycle/node_lifecycle_controller.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/nodelifecycle/node_lifecycle_controller.go
@@ -288,7 +288,7 @@ func NewNodeLifecycleController(
 		runTaintManager:             runTaintManager,
 		useTaintBasedEvictions:      useTaintBasedEvictions && runTaintManager,
 		taintNodeByCondition:        taintNodeByCondition,
-		nodeUpdateQueue:             workqueue.New(),
+		nodeUpdateQueue:             workqueue.NewNamed("node_lifecycle_controller"),
 	}
 	if useTaintBasedEvictions {
 		klog.Infof("Controller is using taint based evictions.")
diff --git a/pkg/controller/nodelifecycle/scheduler/taint_manager.go b/pkg/controller/nodelifecycle/scheduler/taint_manager.go
index fbf683077f1..6d32bedfad8 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/nodelifecycle/scheduler/taint_manager.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/nodelifecycle/scheduler/taint_manager.go
@@ -185,8 +185,8 @@ func NewNoExecuteTaintManager(c clientset.Interface, getPod GetPodFunc, getNode
 		getNode:      getNode,
 		taintedNodes: make(map[string][]v1.Taint),
 
-		nodeUpdateQueue: workqueue.New(),
-		podUpdateQueue:  workqueue.New(),
+		nodeUpdateQueue: workqueue.NewNamed("noexec_taint_node"),
+		podUpdateQueue:  workqueue.NewNamed("noexec_taint_pod"),
 	}
 	tm.taintEvictionQueue = CreateWorkerQueue(deletePodHandler(c, tm.emitPodDeletionEvent))