diff --git a/adapter/main.go b/adapter/main.go
index cda7cbe9182..6bd9b6a91a2 100644
--- a/adapter/main.go
+++ b/adapter/main.go
@@ -135,7 +135,11 @@ func (a *Adapter) makeProvider(ctx context.Context, globalHTTPTimeout time.Durat
 	broadcaster := record.NewBroadcaster()
 	recorder := broadcaster.NewRecorder(scheme, corev1.EventSource{Component: "keda-metrics-adapter"})
 
-	kubeClientset, _ := kubernetes.NewForConfig(ctrl.GetConfigOrDie())
+	kubeClientset, err := kubernetes.NewForConfig(cfg)
+	if err != nil {
+		logger.Error(err, "Unable to create kube clientset")
+		return nil, nil, err
+	}
 	objectNamespace, err := kedautil.GetClusterObjectNamespace()
 	if err != nil {
 		logger.Error(err, "Unable to get cluster object namespace")
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index a9384e4bdc1..5b8ed8089a6 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -162,7 +162,11 @@ func main() {
 	globalHTTPTimeout := time.Duration(globalHTTPTimeoutMS) * time.Millisecond
 	eventRecorder := mgr.GetEventRecorderFor("keda-operator")
 
-	kubeClientset, _ := kubernetes.NewForConfig(ctrl.GetConfigOrDie())
+	kubeClientset, err := kubernetes.NewForConfig(cfg)
+	if err != nil {
+		setupLog.Error(err, "Unable to create kube clientset")
+		os.Exit(1)
+	}
 	objectNamespace, err := kedautil.GetClusterObjectNamespace()
 	if err != nil {
 		setupLog.Error(err, "Unable to get cluster object namespace")
diff --git a/pkg/scaling/resolver/scale_resolvers.go b/pkg/scaling/resolver/scale_resolvers.go
index 9870e8bec05..f424f752f70 100644
--- a/pkg/scaling/resolver/scale_resolvers.go
+++ b/pkg/scaling/resolver/scale_resolvers.go
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ import (
 	"bytes"
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
-	"os"
 	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/go-logr/logr"
@@ -43,17 +42,19 @@ const (
 	referenceCloser   = ')'
 )
 
-var kedaNamespace, _ = util.GetClusterObjectNamespace()
+var (
+	kedaNamespace, _ = util.GetClusterObjectNamespace()
+	restrictSecretAccess = util.GetRestrictSecretAccess()
+)
+
 
 // isSecretAccessRestricted returns whether secret access need to be restricted in KEDA namespace
 func isSecretAccessRestricted(logger logr.Logger) bool {
-	const RestrictSecretAccessEnvVar = "KEDA_RESTRICT_SECRET_ACCESS"
-	restrictSecretAccess, found := os.LookupEnv(RestrictSecretAccessEnvVar)
-	if !found {
+	if restrictSecretAccess == "" {
 		return false
 	}
 	if strings.ToLower(restrictSecretAccess) == "true" {
-		logger.V(1).Info("Secret Access is restricted to be in KEDA namespace, pls. use ClusterTriggerAuthentication instead of TriggerAuthentication", "Env Var", RestrictSecretAccessEnvVar, "Env Value", strings.ToLower(restrictSecretAccess))
+		logger.V(1).Info("Secret Access is restricted to be in Cluster Object Namespace, please use ClusterTriggerAuthentication instead of TriggerAuthentication", "Cluster Object Namespace", kedaNamespace, "Env Var", util.RestrictSecretAccessEnvVar, "Env Value", strings.ToLower(restrictSecretAccess))
 		return true
 	}
 	return false
diff --git a/pkg/util/env_resolver.go b/pkg/util/env_resolver.go
index 40835f888c1..319af51bddc 100644
--- a/pkg/util/env_resolver.go
+++ b/pkg/util/env_resolver.go
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ import (
 	"time"
 )
 
+const RestrictSecretAccessEnvVar = "KEDA_RESTRICT_SECRET_ACCESS"
+
 var clusterObjectNamespaceCache *string
 
 func ResolveOsEnvBool(envName string, defaultValue bool) (bool, error) {
@@ -73,3 +75,8 @@ func GetClusterObjectNamespace() (string, error) {
 	clusterObjectNamespaceCache = &strData
 	return strData, nil
 }
+
+// GetRestrictSecretAccess retrieves the value of the environment variable of KEDA_RESTRICT_SECRET_ACCESS
+func GetRestrictSecretAccess() string {
+	return os.Getenv(RestrictSecretAccessEnvVar)
+}
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