diff --git a/pkg/accesscontrol/access_store.go b/pkg/accesscontrol/access_store.go
index 2380f12b..6614b9fd 100644
--- a/pkg/accesscontrol/access_store.go
+++ b/pkg/accesscontrol/access_store.go
@@ -31,11 +31,18 @@ type roleRevisions interface {
 	roleRevision(string, string) string
 }
 
+// accessStoreCache is a subset of the methods implemented by LRUExpireCache
+type accessStoreCache interface {
+	Add(key interface{}, value interface{}, ttl time.Duration)
+	Get(key interface{}) (interface{}, bool)
+	Remove(key interface{})
+}
+
 type AccessStore struct {
 	usersPolicyRules  policyRules
 	groupsPolicyRules policyRules
 	roles             roleRevisions
-	cache             *cache.LRUExpireCache
+	cache             accessStoreCache
 }
 
 type roleKey struct {
@@ -56,26 +63,29 @@ func NewAccessStore(ctx context.Context, cacheResults bool, rbac v1.Interface) *
 }
 
 func (l *AccessStore) AccessFor(user user.Info) *AccessSet {
-	var cacheKey string
-	if l.cache != nil {
-		cacheKey = l.CacheKey(user)
-		val, ok := l.cache.Get(cacheKey)
-		if ok {
-			as, _ := val.(*AccessSet)
-			return as
-		}
+	if l.cache == nil {
+		return l.newAccessSet(user)
 	}
 
+	cacheKey := l.CacheKey(user)
+
+	if val, ok := l.cache.Get(cacheKey); ok {
+		as, _ := val.(*AccessSet)
+		return as
+	}
+
+	result := l.newAccessSet(user)
+	result.ID = cacheKey
+	l.cache.Add(cacheKey, result, 24*time.Hour)
+
+	return result
+}
+
+func (l *AccessStore) newAccessSet(user user.Info) *AccessSet {
 	result := l.usersPolicyRules.get(user.GetName())
 	for _, group := range user.GetGroups() {
 		result.Merge(l.groupsPolicyRules.get(group))
 	}
-
-	if l.cache != nil {
-		result.ID = cacheKey
-		l.cache.Add(cacheKey, result, 24*time.Hour)
-	}
-
 	return result
 }
 
diff --git a/pkg/accesscontrol/access_store_test.go b/pkg/accesscontrol/access_store_test.go
index bdaf5d51..543723cd 100644
--- a/pkg/accesscontrol/access_store_test.go
+++ b/pkg/accesscontrol/access_store_test.go
@@ -3,7 +3,9 @@ package accesscontrol
 import (
 	"fmt"
 	"slices"
+	"sync"
 	"testing"
+	"time"
 
 	appsv1 "k8s.io/api/apps/v1"
 	corev1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
@@ -274,6 +276,81 @@ func TestAccessStore_AccessFor(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+type spyCache struct {
+	accessStoreCache
+
+	mu       sync.Mutex
+	setCalls map[any]int
+}
+
+func (c *spyCache) Add(k interface{}, v interface{}, ttl time.Duration) {
+	defer c.observeAdd(k)
+
+	time.Sleep(1 * time.Millisecond) // allow other routines to wake up, simulating heavy load
+	c.accessStoreCache.Add(k, v, ttl)
+}
+
+func (c *spyCache) observeAdd(k interface{}) {
+	c.mu.Lock()
+	defer c.mu.Unlock()
+
+	if c.setCalls == nil {
+		c.setCalls = make(map[any]int)
+	}
+	c.setCalls[k]++
+}
+
+func TestAccessStore_AccessFor_concurrent(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Skipf("TODO - Add a fix for this test")
+	testUser := &user.DefaultInfo{Name: "test-user"}
+	asCache := &spyCache{accessStoreCache: cache.NewLRUExpireCache(100)}
+	store := &AccessStore{
+		roles: roleRevisionsMock(func(ns, name string) string {
+			return fmt.Sprintf("%s%srev", ns, name)
+		}),
+		usersPolicyRules: &policyRulesMock{
+			getRBFunc: func(s string) []*rbacv1.RoleBinding {
+				return []*rbacv1.RoleBinding{
+					makeRB("testns", "testrb", testUser.Name, "testrole"),
+				}
+			},
+			getFunc: func(_ string) *AccessSet {
+				return &AccessSet{
+					set: map[key]resourceAccessSet{
+						{"get", corev1.Resource("ConfigMap")}: map[Access]bool{
+							{Namespace: All, ResourceName: All}: true,
+						},
+					},
+				}
+			},
+		},
+		cache: asCache,
+	}
+
+	const n = 5 // observation showed cases with up to 5 (or more) concurrent queries for the same user
+
+	wait := make(chan struct{})
+	var wg sync.WaitGroup
+	var id string
+	for range n {
+		wg.Add(1)
+		go func() {
+			<-wait
+			id = store.AccessFor(testUser).ID
+			wg.Done()
+		}()
+	}
+	close(wait)
+	wg.Wait()
+
+	if got, want := len(asCache.setCalls), 1; got != want {
+		t.Errorf("Unexpected number of cache entries: got %d, want %d", got, want)
+	}
+	if got, want := asCache.setCalls[id], 1; got != want {
+		t.Errorf("Unexpected number of calls to cache.Set(): got %d, want %d", got, want)
+	}
+}
+
 func makeRB(ns, name, user, role string) *rbacv1.RoleBinding {
 	return &rbacv1.RoleBinding{
 		ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{Namespace: ns, Name: name},