diff --git a/controller/appcontroller.go b/controller/appcontroller.go
index 06d8598aec1d9..a6859b9984c69 100644
--- a/controller/appcontroller.go
+++ b/controller/appcontroller.go
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ import (
 
 const (
 	updateOperationStateTimeout             = 1 * time.Second
-	defaultDeploymentInformerResyncDuration = 10
+	defaultDeploymentInformerResyncDuration = 10 * time.Second
 	// orphanedIndex contains application which monitor orphaned resources by namespace
 	orphanedIndex = "orphaned"
 )