diff --git a/pkg/autodetect/main.go b/pkg/autodetect/main.go
index de183d4d9..1afd4f583 100644
--- a/pkg/autodetect/main.go
+++ b/pkg/autodetect/main.go
@@ -63,18 +63,12 @@ func WithClients(cl client.Client, dcl discovery.DiscoveryInterface, clr client.
 func (b *Background) Start() {
 	// periodically attempts to auto detect all the capabilities for this operator
 	b.ticker = time.NewTicker(5 * time.Second)
-
-	done := make(chan bool)
-	go func() {
-		b.autoDetectCapabilities()
-		done <- true
-	}()
+	b.autoDetectCapabilities()
+	log.Trace("finished the first auto-detection")
 
 	go func() {
 		for {
 			select {
-			case <-done:
-				log.Trace("finished the first auto-detection")
 			case <-b.ticker.C:
 				b.autoDetectCapabilities()
 			}
diff --git a/pkg/cmd/start/bootstrap.go b/pkg/cmd/start/bootstrap.go
index 2dde6d833..8f7b7bce6 100644
--- a/pkg/cmd/start/bootstrap.go
+++ b/pkg/cmd/start/bootstrap.go
@@ -105,6 +105,12 @@ func bootstrap(ctx context.Context) manager.Manager {
 
 	mgr := createManager(ctx, cfg)
 
+	if d, err := autodetect.New(mgr); err != nil {
+		log.WithError(err).Warn("failed to start the background process to auto-detect the operator capabilities")
+	} else {
+		d.Start()
+	}
+
 	detectNamespacePermissions(ctx, mgr)
 	performUpgrades(ctx, mgr)
 	setupControllers(ctx, mgr)
@@ -113,11 +119,6 @@ func bootstrap(ctx context.Context) manager.Manager {
 	if err != nil {
 		log.WithError(err).Error("failed to initialize metrics")
 	}
-	if d, err := autodetect.New(mgr); err != nil {
-		log.WithError(err).Warn("failed to start the background process to auto-detect the operator capabilities")
-	} else {
-		d.Start()
-	}
 	return mgr
 }