diff --git a/pkg/webhooks/resource/mutation/mutation.go b/pkg/webhooks/resource/mutation/mutation.go
index 5ff1c09cb5..55735336c3 100644
--- a/pkg/webhooks/resource/mutation/mutation.go
+++ b/pkg/webhooks/resource/mutation/mutation.go
@@ -155,11 +155,13 @@ func (v *mutationHandler) applyMutations(
 	events := webhookutils.GenerateEvents(engineResponses, false, cfg)
 	v.eventGen.Add(events...)
 
-	if v.needsReports(request, policyContext.NewResource(), v.admissionReports) {
-		if err := v.createReports(ctx, policyContext.NewResource(), request, engineResponses...); err != nil {
-			v.log.Error(err, "failed to create report")
+	go func() {
+		if v.needsReports(request, policyContext.NewResource(), v.admissionReports) {
+			if err := v.createReports(context.TODO(), policyContext.NewResource(), request, engineResponses...); err != nil {
+				v.log.Error(err, "failed to create report")
+			}
 		}
-	}
+	}()
 
 	logMutationResponse(patches, engineResponses, v.log)