diff --git a/controllers/namespace_controller.go b/controllers/namespace_controller.go
index 678d5478..00a487d4 100644
--- a/controllers/namespace_controller.go
+++ b/controllers/namespace_controller.go
@@ -112,13 +112,6 @@ func (r *NamespaceReconciler) addNamespace(name string, tenant *v1alpha1.Tenant)
 	tenant.Status.Namespaces = append(tenant.Status.Namespaces, c[i:]...)
 }
 
-func (r *NamespaceReconciler) updateNamespaceCount(tenant *v1alpha1.Tenant) error {
-	return retry.RetryOnConflict(retry.DefaultBackoff, func() error {
-		tenant.Status.Size = uint(len(tenant.Status.Namespaces))
-		return r.Client.Status().Update(context.TODO(), tenant, &client.UpdateOptions{})
-	})
-}
-
 func (r NamespaceReconciler) Reconcile(request ctrl.Request) (ctrl.Result, error) {
 	r.Log = r.Log.WithValues("Request.Name", request.Name)
 	r.Log.Info("Reconciling Namespace")
@@ -150,10 +143,6 @@ func (r NamespaceReconciler) Reconcile(request ctrl.Request) (ctrl.Result, error
 
 	r.updateTenantStatus(ns, t)
 
-	if err := r.updateNamespaceCount(t); err != nil {
-		r.Log.Error(err, "cannot update Namespace list", "tenant", t.Name)
-	}
-
 	r.Log.Info("Namespace reconciliation processed")
 	return reconcile.Result{}, nil
 }
diff --git a/controllers/tenant_controller.go b/controllers/tenant_controller.go
index cf6a2465..a8c316cc 100644
--- a/controllers/tenant_controller.go
+++ b/controllers/tenant_controller.go
@@ -113,6 +113,12 @@ func (r TenantReconciler) Reconcile(request ctrl.Request) (ctrl.Result, error) {
 		return reconcile.Result{}, err
 	}
 
+	r.Log.Info("Ensuring Namespace count")
+	if err := r.ensureNamespaceCount(instance); err != nil {
+		r.Log.Error(err, "Cannot sync Namespace count")
+		return reconcile.Result{}, err
+	}
+
 	r.Log.Info("Tenant reconciling completed")
 	return ctrl.Result{}, nil
 }
@@ -546,3 +552,10 @@ func (r *TenantReconciler) ensureNodeSelector(tenant *capsulev1alpha1.Tenant) (e
 
 	return
 }
+
+func (r *TenantReconciler) ensureNamespaceCount(tenant *capsulev1alpha1.Tenant) error {
+	return retry.RetryOnConflict(retry.DefaultBackoff, func() error {
+		tenant.Status.Size = uint(tenant.Status.Namespaces.Len())
+		return r.Client.Status().Update(context.TODO(), tenant, &client.UpdateOptions{})
+	})
+}