diff --git a/workflow/controller/controller.go b/workflow/controller/controller.go
index 1d92ed7dc90d..b2dc3943ff97 100644
--- a/workflow/controller/controller.go
+++ b/workflow/controller/controller.go
@@ -398,7 +398,7 @@ func (wfc *WorkflowController) runConfigMapWatcher(stopCh <-chan struct{}) {
 	ctx := context.Background()
 	retryWatcher, err := apiwatch.NewRetryWatcher("1", &cache.ListWatch{
 		WatchFunc: func(options metav1.ListOptions) (watch.Interface, error) {
-			return wfc.kubeclientset.CoreV1().ConfigMaps(wfc.managedNamespace).Watch(ctx, metav1.ListOptions{})
+			return wfc.kubeclientset.CoreV1().ConfigMaps(wfc.namespace).Watch(ctx, metav1.ListOptions{})
 		},
 	})
 	if err != nil {