diff --git a/cmd/kyverno/main.go b/cmd/kyverno/main.go
index 2f59d073db..27c4f5cbe0 100644
--- a/cmd/kyverno/main.go
+++ b/cmd/kyverno/main.go
@@ -323,7 +323,7 @@ func main() {
 	go rWebhookWatcher.Run(stopCh)
 	go configData.Run(stopCh)
 	go policyCtrl.Run(3, stopCh)
-	go eventGenerator.Run(1, stopCh)
+	go eventGenerator.Run(3, stopCh)
 	go grc.Run(1, stopCh)
 	go grcc.Run(1, stopCh)
 	go pvgen.Run(1, stopCh)
diff --git a/pkg/event/controller.go b/pkg/event/controller.go
index 8dd35cfdf2..b032c14af2 100644
--- a/pkg/event/controller.go
+++ b/pkg/event/controller.go
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 package event
 
 import (
-	"time"
-
 	"github.com/go-logr/logr"
 
 	"github.com/nirmata/kyverno/pkg/client/clientset/versioned/scheme"
@@ -61,7 +59,7 @@ func NewEventGenerator(client *client.Client, pInformer kyvernoinformer.ClusterP
 }
 
 func rateLimiter() workqueue.RateLimiter {
-	return workqueue.NewItemExponentialFailureRateLimiter(1*time.Second, 1000*time.Second)
+	return workqueue.DefaultItemBasedRateLimiter()
 }
 
 func initRecorder(client *client.Client, eventSource Source, log logr.Logger) record.EventRecorder {