diff --git a/pkg/controller/registry/reconciler/grpc.go b/pkg/controller/registry/reconciler/grpc.go
index 024e298691..9def285d4e 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/registry/reconciler/grpc.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/registry/reconciler/grpc.go
@@ -340,11 +340,11 @@ func (c *GrpcRegistryReconciler) EnsureRegistryServer(logger *logrus.Entry, cata
 		return pkgerrors.Wrapf(err, "error ensuring pod: %s", pod.GetName())
 	}
 	if err := c.ensureUpdatePod(logger, sa, defaultPodSecurityConfig, source); err != nil {
-		logger.WithError(err).Error("error ensuring registry server: could not ensure update pod")
 		if _, ok := err.(UpdateNotReadyErr); ok {
-			logger.WithError(err).Error("error ensuring registry server: ensure update pod error is not of type UpdateNotReadyErr")
+			logger.WithError(err).Debug("error ensuring registry server: update pod not yet ready")
 			return err
 		}
+		logger.WithError(err).Error("error ensuring registry server: could not ensure update pod")
 		return pkgerrors.Wrapf(err, "error ensuring updated catalog source pod: %s", pod.GetName())
 	}
 
diff --git a/pkg/controller/registry/reconciler/grpc_test.go b/pkg/controller/registry/reconciler/grpc_test.go
index d528ea5b90..89b1719ce0 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/registry/reconciler/grpc_test.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/registry/reconciler/grpc_test.go
@@ -64,6 +64,16 @@ func grpcCatalogSourceWithAnnotations(annotations map[string]string) *v1alpha1.C
 	return catsrc
 }
 
+func grpcCatalogSourceWithPolling() *v1alpha1.CatalogSource {
+	catsrc := validGrpcCatalogSource("image", "")
+	catsrc.Spec.UpdateStrategy = &v1alpha1.UpdateStrategy{
+		RegistryPoll: &v1alpha1.RegistryPoll{
+			Interval: &metav1.Duration{Duration: 1 * time.Minute},
+		},
+	}
+	return catsrc
+}
+
 func grpcCatalogSourceWithName(name string) *v1alpha1.CatalogSource {
 	catsrc := validGrpcCatalogSource("image", "")
 	catsrc.SetName(name)
@@ -387,6 +397,28 @@ func TestGrpcRegistryReconciler(t *testing.T) {
 				},
 			},
 		},
+		{
+			testName: "Grpc/PollingEnabled/UpdatePodNotReady/ReturnsUpdateNotReadyErr",
+			in: in{
+				cluster: cluster{
+					k8sObjs: append(
+						objectsForCatalogSource(t, grpcCatalogSourceWithPolling()),
+						&corev1.Pod{
+							ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
+								Name:      "update-pod",
+								Namespace: testNamespace,
+								Labels:    map[string]string{CatalogSourceUpdateKey: "img-catalog"},
+							},
+							Status: corev1.PodStatus{Phase: corev1.PodRunning},
+						},
+					),
+				},
+				catsrc: grpcCatalogSourceWithPolling(),
+			},
+			out: out{
+				err: UpdateNotReadyErr{catalogName: "img-catalog", podName: "update-pod"},
+			},
+		},
 	}
 	for _, tt := range tests {
 		t.Run(tt.testName, func(t *testing.T) {