diff --git a/cmd/kyverno/main.go b/cmd/kyverno/main.go
index 76d89899f7..b55b339d84 100644
--- a/cmd/kyverno/main.go
+++ b/cmd/kyverno/main.go
@@ -482,6 +482,7 @@ func createrLeaderControllers(
 		serverIP,
 		int32(webhookTimeout),
 		autoUpdateWebhooks,
+		admissionReports,
 		runtime,
 	)
 	return append(
diff --git a/pkg/controllers/report/background/controller.go b/pkg/controllers/report/background/controller.go
index 6ba3fc50e2..b183e299e4 100644
--- a/pkg/controllers/report/background/controller.go
+++ b/pkg/controllers/report/background/controller.go
@@ -387,7 +387,7 @@ func (c *controller) reconcile(ctx context.Context, logger logr.Logger, key, nam
 	uid := types.UID(name)
 	resource, gvk, exists := c.metadataCache.GetResourceHash(uid)
 	// if the resource is not present it means we shouldn't have a report for it
-	// we can delete the report, we will recreate one if the resource come back
+	// we can delete the report, we will recreate one if the resource comes back
 	if !exists {
 		report, err := c.getMeta(namespace, name)
 		if err != nil {
diff --git a/pkg/controllers/webhook/controller.go b/pkg/controllers/webhook/controller.go
index cb738cac80..4ad541d9ee 100644
--- a/pkg/controllers/webhook/controller.go
+++ b/pkg/controllers/webhook/controller.go
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ const (
 )
 
 var (
+	none         = admissionregistrationv1.SideEffectClassNone
 	noneOnDryRun = admissionregistrationv1.SideEffectClassNoneOnDryRun
 	ifNeeded     = admissionregistrationv1.IfNeededReinvocationPolicy
 	ignore       = admissionregistrationv1.Ignore
@@ -93,6 +94,7 @@ type controller struct {
 	server             string
 	defaultTimeout     int32
 	autoUpdateWebhooks bool
+	admissionReports   bool
 	runtime            runtimeutils.Runtime
 
 	// state
@@ -117,6 +119,7 @@ func NewController(
 	server string,
 	defaultTimeout int32,
 	autoUpdateWebhooks bool,
+	admissionReports bool,
 	runtime runtimeutils.Runtime,
 ) controllers.Controller {
 	queue := workqueue.NewNamedRateLimitingQueue(workqueue.DefaultControllerRateLimiter(), ControllerName)
@@ -138,6 +141,7 @@ func NewController(
 		server:             server,
 		defaultTimeout:     defaultTimeout,
 		autoUpdateWebhooks: autoUpdateWebhooks,
+		admissionReports:   admissionReports,
 		runtime:            runtime,
 		policyState: map[string]sets.String{
 			config.MutatingWebhookConfigurationName:   sets.NewString(),
@@ -562,7 +566,7 @@ func (c *controller) buildPolicyValidatingWebhookConfiguration(caBundle []byte)
 					},
 				}},
 				FailurePolicy:           &ignore,
-				SideEffects:             &noneOnDryRun,
+				SideEffects:             &none,
 				AdmissionReviewVersions: []string{"v1beta1"},
 			}},
 		},
@@ -676,6 +680,10 @@ func (c *controller) buildResourceMutatingWebhookConfiguration(caBundle []byte)
 }
 
 func (c *controller) buildDefaultResourceValidatingWebhookConfiguration(caBundle []byte) (*admissionregistrationv1.ValidatingWebhookConfiguration, error) {
+	sideEffects := &none
+	if c.admissionReports {
+		sideEffects = &noneOnDryRun
+	}
 	return &admissionregistrationv1.ValidatingWebhookConfiguration{
 			ObjectMeta: objectMeta(config.ValidatingWebhookConfigurationName),
 			Webhooks: []admissionregistrationv1.ValidatingWebhook{{
@@ -695,7 +703,7 @@ func (c *controller) buildDefaultResourceValidatingWebhookConfiguration(caBundle
 					},
 				}},
 				FailurePolicy:           &ignore,
-				SideEffects:             &noneOnDryRun,
+				SideEffects:             sideEffects,
 				AdmissionReviewVersions: []string{"v1beta1"},
 				TimeoutSeconds:          &c.defaultTimeout,
 			}},
@@ -738,6 +746,10 @@ func (c *controller) buildResourceValidatingWebhookConfiguration(caBundle []byte
 		if len(webhookCfgs) > 0 {
 			webhookCfg = webhookCfgs[0]
 		}
+		sideEffects := &none
+		if c.admissionReports {
+			sideEffects = &noneOnDryRun
+		}
 		if !ignore.isEmpty() {
 			result.Webhooks = append(
 				result.Webhooks,
@@ -748,7 +760,7 @@ func (c *controller) buildResourceValidatingWebhookConfiguration(caBundle []byte
 						ignore.buildRuleWithOperations(admissionregistrationv1.Create, admissionregistrationv1.Update, admissionregistrationv1.Delete, admissionregistrationv1.Connect),
 					},
 					FailurePolicy:           &ignore.failurePolicy,
-					SideEffects:             &noneOnDryRun,
+					SideEffects:             sideEffects,
 					AdmissionReviewVersions: []string{"v1beta1"},
 					NamespaceSelector:       webhookCfg.NamespaceSelector,
 					ObjectSelector:          webhookCfg.ObjectSelector,
@@ -766,7 +778,7 @@ func (c *controller) buildResourceValidatingWebhookConfiguration(caBundle []byte
 						fail.buildRuleWithOperations(admissionregistrationv1.Create, admissionregistrationv1.Update, admissionregistrationv1.Delete, admissionregistrationv1.Connect),
 					},
 					FailurePolicy:           &fail.failurePolicy,
-					SideEffects:             &noneOnDryRun,
+					SideEffects:             sideEffects,
 					AdmissionReviewVersions: []string{"v1beta1"},
 					NamespaceSelector:       webhookCfg.NamespaceSelector,
 					ObjectSelector:          webhookCfg.ObjectSelector,