diff --git a/pkg/webhook/work/mutating.go b/pkg/webhook/work/mutating.go
index 73fead453021..152b2cbec688 100644
--- a/pkg/webhook/work/mutating.go
+++ b/pkg/webhook/work/mutating.go
@@ -109,6 +109,8 @@ func removeIrrelevantField(workload *unstructured.Unstructured) error {
 	// populated by the kubernetes.
 	unstructured.RemoveNestedField(workload.Object, "metadata", "uid")
 
+	unstructured.RemoveNestedField(workload.Object, "metadata", "ownerReferences")
+
 	unstructured.RemoveNestedField(workload.Object, "status")
 
 	if workload.GetKind() == util.ServiceKind {