diff --git a/adapter/main.go b/adapter/main.go
index 8f14003ac97..b5391555a57 100644
--- a/adapter/main.go
+++ b/adapter/main.go
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
 	"runtime"
-	"strconv"
 	"sync"
 	"time"
 
@@ -50,6 +49,7 @@ import (
 	prommetrics "github.com/kedacore/keda/v2/pkg/metrics"
 	kedaprovider "github.com/kedacore/keda/v2/pkg/provider"
 	"github.com/kedacore/keda/v2/pkg/scaling"
+	kedautil "github.com/kedacore/keda/v2/pkg/util"
 	"github.com/kedacore/keda/v2/version"
 )
 
@@ -200,26 +200,17 @@ func main() {
 
 	ctrl.SetLogger(logger)
 
-	globalHTTPTimeoutStr := os.Getenv("KEDA_HTTP_DEFAULT_TIMEOUT")
-	if globalHTTPTimeoutStr == "" {
-		// default to 3 seconds if they don't pass the env var
-		globalHTTPTimeoutStr = "3000"
-	}
-
-	globalHTTPTimeoutMS, err := strconv.Atoi(globalHTTPTimeoutStr)
+	// default to 3 seconds if they don't pass the env var
+	globalHTTPTimeoutMS, err := kedautil.ResolveOsEnvInt("KEDA_HTTP_DEFAULT_TIMEOUT", 3000)
 	if err != nil {
 		logger.Error(err, "Invalid KEDA_HTTP_DEFAULT_TIMEOUT")
 		return
 	}
 
-	controllerMaxReconciles := 1
-	controllerMaxReconcilesStr := os.Getenv("KEDA_METRICS_CTRL_MAX_RECONCILES")
-	if controllerMaxReconcilesStr != "" {
-		controllerMaxReconciles, err = strconv.Atoi(controllerMaxReconcilesStr)
-		if err != nil {
-			logger.Error(err, "Invalid KEDA_METRICS_CTRL_MAX_RECONCILES")
-			return
-		}
+	controllerMaxReconciles, err := kedautil.ResolveOsEnvInt("KEDA_METRICS_CTRL_MAX_RECONCILES", 1)
+	if err != nil {
+		logger.Error(err, "Invalid KEDA_METRICS_CTRL_MAX_RECONCILES")
+		return
 	}
 
 	kedaProvider, stopCh, err := cmd.makeProvider(ctx, time.Duration(globalHTTPTimeoutMS)*time.Millisecond, controllerMaxReconciles)
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 660e81722f5..2f8caeda0ae 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
 	"runtime"
-	"strconv"
 	"time"
 
 	apimachineryruntime "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
@@ -35,6 +34,7 @@ import (
 
 	kedav1alpha1 "github.com/kedacore/keda/v2/apis/keda/v1alpha1"
 	kedacontrollers "github.com/kedacore/keda/v2/controllers/keda"
+	kedautil "github.com/kedacore/keda/v2/pkg/util"
 	"github.com/kedacore/keda/v2/version"
 	//+kubebuilder:scaffold:imports
 )
@@ -97,36 +97,23 @@ func main() {
 		os.Exit(1)
 	}
 
-	globalHTTPTimeoutStr := os.Getenv("KEDA_HTTP_DEFAULT_TIMEOUT")
-	if globalHTTPTimeoutStr == "" {
-		// default to 3 seconds if they don't pass the env var
-		globalHTTPTimeoutStr = "3000"
-	}
-
-	globalHTTPTimeoutMS, err := strconv.Atoi(globalHTTPTimeoutStr)
+	// default to 3 seconds if they don't pass the env var
+	globalHTTPTimeoutMS, err := kedautil.ResolveOsEnvInt("KEDA_HTTP_DEFAULT_TIMEOUT", 3000)
 	if err != nil {
 		setupLog.Error(err, "Invalid KEDA_HTTP_DEFAULT_TIMEOUT")
-		return
+		os.Exit(1)
 	}
 
-	scaledObjectMaxReconciles := 10
-	scaledObjectMaxReconcilesStr := os.Getenv("KEDA_SCALEDOBJECT_CTRL_MAX_RECONCILES")
-	if scaledObjectMaxReconcilesStr != "" {
-		scaledObjectMaxReconciles, err = strconv.Atoi(scaledObjectMaxReconcilesStr)
-		if err != nil {
-			setupLog.Error(err, "Invalid KEDA_SCALEDOBJECT_CTRL_MAX_RECONCILES")
-			return
-		}
+	scaledObjectMaxReconciles, err := kedautil.ResolveOsEnvInt("KEDA_SCALEDOBJECT_CTRL_MAX_RECONCILES", 5)
+	if err != nil {
+		setupLog.Error(err, "Invalid KEDA_SCALEDOBJECT_CTRL_MAX_RECONCILES")
+		os.Exit(1)
 	}
 
-	scaledJobMaxReconciles := 1
-	scaledJobMaxReconcilesStr := os.Getenv("KEDA_SCALEDJOB_CTRL_MAX_RECONCILES")
-	if scaledJobMaxReconcilesStr != "" {
-		scaledJobMaxReconciles, err = strconv.Atoi(scaledJobMaxReconcilesStr)
-		if err != nil {
-			setupLog.Error(err, "Invalid KEDA_SCALEDJOB_CTRL_MAX_RECONCILES")
-			return
-		}
+	scaledJobMaxReconciles, err := kedautil.ResolveOsEnvInt("KEDA_SCALEDJOB_CTRL_MAX_RECONCILES", 1)
+	if err != nil {
+		setupLog.Error(err, "Invalid KEDA_SCALEDJOB_CTRL_MAX_RECONCILES")
+		os.Exit(1)
 	}
 
 	globalHTTPTimeout := time.Duration(globalHTTPTimeoutMS) * time.Millisecond
diff --git a/pkg/util/env_resolver.go b/pkg/util/env_resolver.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..761503465dd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/util/env_resolver.go
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+package util
+
+import (
+	"os"
+	"strconv"
+)
+
+func ResolveOsEnvInt(envName string, defaultValue int) (int, error) {
+	valueStr, found := os.LookupEnv(envName)
+
+	if found {
+		return strconv.Atoi(valueStr)
+	}
+
+	return defaultValue, nil
+}