diff --git a/pkg/controller/cronjob/BUILD b/pkg/controller/cronjob/BUILD
index 7f6c6269f11..6c5af9982d5 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/cronjob/BUILD
+++ b/pkg/controller/cronjob/BUILD
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ go_library(
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/api/batch/v1:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/api/batch/v1beta1:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/api/core/v1:go_default_library",
+        "//staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/errors:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/labels:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime:go_default_library",
diff --git a/pkg/controller/cronjob/cronjob_controller.go b/pkg/controller/cronjob/cronjob_controller.go
index 755d5ef9b58..f778079571f 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/cronjob/cronjob_controller.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/cronjob/cronjob_controller.go
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ import (
 	batchv1 "k8s.io/api/batch/v1"
 	batchv1beta1 "k8s.io/api/batch/v1beta1"
 	"k8s.io/api/core/v1"
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/errors"
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/types"
@@ -333,7 +334,11 @@ func syncOne(sj *batchv1beta1.CronJob, js []batchv1.Job, now time.Time, jc jobCo
 	}
 	jobResp, err := jc.CreateJob(sj.Namespace, jobReq)
 	if err != nil {
-		recorder.Eventf(sj, v1.EventTypeWarning, "FailedCreate", "Error creating job: %v", err)
+		// If the namespace is being torn down, we can safely ignore
+		// this error since all subsequent creations will fail.
+		if !errors.HasStatusCause(err, v1.NamespaceTerminatingCause) {
+			recorder.Eventf(sj, v1.EventTypeWarning, "FailedCreate", "Error creating job: %v", err)
+		}
 		return
 	}
 	klog.V(4).Infof("Created Job %s for %s", jobResp.Name, nameForLog)
diff --git a/pkg/controller/job/job_controller.go b/pkg/controller/job/job_controller.go
index fdd84e431c1..252a6ec23ca 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/job/job_controller.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/job/job_controller.go
@@ -771,15 +771,22 @@ func (jm *JobController) manageJob(activePods []*v1.Pod, succeeded int32, job *b
 				go func() {
 					defer wait.Done()
 					err := jm.podControl.CreatePodsWithControllerRef(job.Namespace, &job.Spec.Template, job, metav1.NewControllerRef(job, controllerKind))
-					if err != nil && errors.IsTimeout(err) {
-						// Pod is created but its initialization has timed out.
-						// If the initialization is successful eventually, the
-						// controller will observe the creation via the informer.
-						// If the initialization fails, or if the pod keeps
-						// uninitialized for a long time, the informer will not
-						// receive any update, and the controller will create a new
-						// pod when the expectation expires.
-						return
+					if err != nil {
+						if errors.HasStatusCause(err, v1.NamespaceTerminatingCause) {
+							// If the namespace is being torn down, we can safely ignore
+							// this error since all subsequent creations will fail.
+							return
+						}
+						if errors.IsTimeout(err) {
+							// Pod is created but its initialization has timed out.
+							// If the initialization is successful eventually, the
+							// controller will observe the creation via the informer.
+							// If the initialization fails, or if the pod keeps
+							// uninitialized for a long time, the informer will not
+							// receive any update, and the controller will create a new
+							// pod when the expectation expires.
+							return
+						}
 					}
 					if err != nil {
 						defer utilruntime.HandleError(err)