diff --git a/cmd/background-controller/main.go b/cmd/background-controller/main.go
index 69d801765f..95944d8dc8 100644
--- a/cmd/background-controller/main.go
+++ b/cmd/background-controller/main.go
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ func main() {
 		nil,
 	)
 	// start informers and wait for cache sync
-	if !internal.StartInformersAndWaitForCacheSync(signalCtx, kyvernoInformer, kubeKyvernoInformer, cacheInformer) {
+	if !internal.StartInformersAndWaitForCacheSync(signalCtx, logger, kyvernoInformer, kubeKyvernoInformer, cacheInformer) {
 		logger.Error(errors.New("failed to wait for cache sync"), "failed to wait for cache sync")
 		os.Exit(1)
 	}
@@ -258,7 +258,7 @@ func main() {
 				os.Exit(1)
 			}
 			// start informers and wait for cache sync
-			if !internal.StartInformersAndWaitForCacheSync(signalCtx, kyvernoInformer, kubeInformer) {
+			if !internal.StartInformersAndWaitForCacheSync(signalCtx, logger, kyvernoInformer, kubeInformer) {
 				logger.Error(errors.New("failed to wait for cache sync"), "failed to wait for cache sync")
 				os.Exit(1)
 			}
diff --git a/cmd/cleanup-controller/main.go b/cmd/cleanup-controller/main.go
index 1c6693d9a2..0d55e0ba1d 100644
--- a/cmd/cleanup-controller/main.go
+++ b/cmd/cleanup-controller/main.go
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ func main() {
 				cleanup.Workers,
 			)
 			// start informers and wait for cache sync
-			if !internal.StartInformersAndWaitForCacheSync(ctx, kyvernoInformer, kubeInformer, kubeKyvernoInformer) {
+			if !internal.StartInformersAndWaitForCacheSync(ctx, logger, kyvernoInformer, kubeInformer, kubeKyvernoInformer) {
 				logger.Error(errors.New("failed to wait for cache sync"), "failed to wait for cache sync")
 				os.Exit(1)
 			}
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ func main() {
 	polLister := kyvernoInformer.Kyverno().V2alpha1().CleanupPolicies().Lister()
 	nsLister := kubeInformer.Core().V1().Namespaces().Lister()
 	// start informers and wait for cache sync
-	if !internal.StartInformersAndWaitForCacheSync(ctx, kubeKyvernoInformer, kubeInformer, kyvernoInformer) {
+	if !internal.StartInformersAndWaitForCacheSync(ctx, logger, kubeKyvernoInformer, kubeInformer, kyvernoInformer) {
 		os.Exit(1)
 	}
 	// create handlers
diff --git a/cmd/internal/informer.go b/cmd/internal/informer.go
index e8452be09b..f29ee09557 100644
--- a/cmd/internal/informer.go
+++ b/cmd/internal/informer.go
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ package internal
 import (
 	"context"
 	"reflect"
+
+	"github.com/go-logr/logr"
 )
 
 type startable interface {
@@ -20,25 +22,31 @@ func StartInformers[T startable](ctx context.Context, informers ...T) {
 	}
 }
 
-func WaitForCacheSync(ctx context.Context, informers ...informer) bool {
+func WaitForCacheSync(ctx context.Context, logger logr.Logger, informers ...informer) bool {
 	ret := true
 	for i := range informers {
-		for _, result := range informers[i].WaitForCacheSync(ctx.Done()) {
+		for t, result := range informers[i].WaitForCacheSync(ctx.Done()) {
+			if !result {
+				logger.Error(nil, "failed to wait for cache sync", "type", t)
+			}
 			ret = ret && result
 		}
 	}
 	return ret
 }
 
-func CheckCacheSync[T comparable](status map[T]bool) bool {
+func CheckCacheSync[T comparable](logger logr.Logger, status map[T]bool) bool {
 	ret := true
-	for _, s := range status {
-		ret = ret && s
+	for t, result := range status {
+		if !result {
+			logger.Error(nil, "failed to wait for cache sync", "type", t)
+		}
+		ret = ret && result
 	}
 	return ret
 }
 
-func StartInformersAndWaitForCacheSync(ctx context.Context, informers ...informer) bool {
+func StartInformersAndWaitForCacheSync(ctx context.Context, logger logr.Logger, informers ...informer) bool {
 	StartInformers(ctx, informers...)
-	return WaitForCacheSync(ctx, informers...)
+	return WaitForCacheSync(ctx, logger, informers...)
 }
diff --git a/cmd/kyverno/main.go b/cmd/kyverno/main.go
index 635bc634c3..0dbad73e06 100644
--- a/cmd/kyverno/main.go
+++ b/cmd/kyverno/main.go
@@ -385,7 +385,7 @@ func main() {
 		openApiManager,
 	)
 	// start informers and wait for cache sync
-	if !internal.StartInformersAndWaitForCacheSync(signalCtx, kyvernoInformer, kubeInformer, kubeKyvernoInformer, cacheInformer) {
+	if !internal.StartInformersAndWaitForCacheSync(signalCtx, logger, kyvernoInformer, kubeInformer, kubeKyvernoInformer, cacheInformer) {
 		logger.Error(errors.New("failed to wait for cache sync"), "failed to wait for cache sync")
 		os.Exit(1)
 	}
@@ -433,7 +433,7 @@ func main() {
 				os.Exit(1)
 			}
 			// start informers and wait for cache sync
-			if !internal.StartInformersAndWaitForCacheSync(signalCtx, kyvernoInformer, kubeInformer, kubeKyvernoInformer) {
+			if !internal.StartInformersAndWaitForCacheSync(signalCtx, logger, kyvernoInformer, kubeInformer, kubeKyvernoInformer) {
 				logger.Error(errors.New("failed to wait for cache sync"), "failed to wait for cache sync")
 				os.Exit(1)
 			}
@@ -524,7 +524,7 @@ func main() {
 	)
 	// start informers and wait for cache sync
 	// we need to call start again because we potentially registered new informers
-	if !internal.StartInformersAndWaitForCacheSync(signalCtx, kyvernoInformer, kubeInformer, kubeKyvernoInformer, cacheInformer) {
+	if !internal.StartInformersAndWaitForCacheSync(signalCtx, logger, kyvernoInformer, kubeInformer, kubeKyvernoInformer, cacheInformer) {
 		logger.Error(errors.New("failed to wait for cache sync"), "failed to wait for cache sync")
 		os.Exit(1)
 	}
diff --git a/cmd/reports-controller/main.go b/cmd/reports-controller/main.go
index 6c43b9ca75..07d47ce37c 100644
--- a/cmd/reports-controller/main.go
+++ b/cmd/reports-controller/main.go
@@ -305,7 +305,7 @@ func main() {
 		}
 	}
 	// start informers and wait for cache sync
-	if !internal.StartInformersAndWaitForCacheSync(ctx, kyvernoInformer, kubeKyvernoInformer, cacheInformer) {
+	if !internal.StartInformersAndWaitForCacheSync(ctx, logger, kyvernoInformer, kubeKyvernoInformer, cacheInformer) {
 		logger.Error(errors.New("failed to wait for cache sync"), "failed to wait for cache sync")
 		os.Exit(1)
 	}
@@ -356,12 +356,12 @@ func main() {
 				os.Exit(1)
 			}
 			// start informers and wait for cache sync
-			if !internal.StartInformersAndWaitForCacheSync(ctx, kyvernoInformer, kubeInformer, kubeKyvernoInformer) {
+			if !internal.StartInformersAndWaitForCacheSync(ctx, logger, kyvernoInformer, kubeInformer, kubeKyvernoInformer) {
 				logger.Error(errors.New("failed to wait for cache sync"), "failed to wait for cache sync")
 				os.Exit(1)
 			}
 			internal.StartInformers(ctx, metadataInformer)
-			if !internal.CheckCacheSync(metadataInformer.WaitForCacheSync(ctx.Done())) {
+			if !internal.CheckCacheSync(logger, metadataInformer.WaitForCacheSync(ctx.Done())) {
 				logger.Error(errors.New("failed to wait for cache sync"), "failed to wait for cache sync")
 				os.Exit(1)
 			}