diff --git a/operator-framework-core/src/main/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/processing/event/source/cache/KubernetesResourceFetcher.java b/operator-framework-core/src/main/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/processing/event/source/cache/KubernetesResourceFetcher.java
index f0f4557701..90b65f1bcb 100644
--- a/operator-framework-core/src/main/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/processing/event/source/cache/KubernetesResourceFetcher.java
+++ b/operator-framework-core/src/main/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/processing/event/source/cache/KubernetesResourceFetcher.java
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ public R fetchResource(String key) {
     return resourceId
         .getNamespace()
         .map(ns -> client.resources(rClass).inNamespace(ns).withName(resourceId.getName()).get())
-        .orElse(client.resources(rClass).withName(resourceId.getName()).get());
+        .orElseGet(() -> client.resources(rClass).withName(resourceId.getName()).get());
   }
 
   public static Function<String, ResourceID> inverseNamespaceKeyFunction() {