diff --git a/controllers/drpolicy_controller.go b/controllers/drpolicy_controller.go
index 47f2068b7..0ea56639d 100644
--- a/controllers/drpolicy_controller.go
+++ b/controllers/drpolicy_controller.go
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ const ReasonDRClustersUnavailable = "DRClustersUnavailable"
 // For more details, check Reconcile and its Result here:
 // - https://pkg.go.dev/sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime@v0.9.2/pkg/reconcile
 //
-//nolint:cyclop,funlen
+//nolint:cyclop
 func (r *DRPolicyReconciler) Reconcile(ctx context.Context, req ctrl.Request) (ctrl.Result, error) {
 	log := r.Log.WithValues("DRPolicy", req.NamespacedName.Name, "rid", uuid.New())
 	log.Info("reconcile enter")
@@ -120,8 +120,21 @@ func (r *DRPolicyReconciler) Reconcile(ctx context.Context, req ctrl.Request) (c
 		return ctrl.Result{}, fmt.Errorf("finalizer add update: %w", u.validatedSetFalse("FinalizerAddFailed", err))
 	}
 
+	if err := u.validatedSetTrue("Succeeded", "drpolicy validated"); err != nil {
+		return ctrl.Result{}, fmt.Errorf("unable to set drpolicy validation: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	return r.reconcile(drpolicy, drclusters, secretsUtil, ramenConfig, log)
+}
+
+func (r *DRPolicyReconciler) reconcile(drpolicy *ramen.DRPolicy,
+	drclusters *ramen.DRClusterList,
+	secretsUtil *util.SecretsUtil,
+	ramenConfig *ramen.RamenConfig,
+	log logr.Logger,
+) (ctrl.Result, error) {
 	if err := drPolicyDeploy(drpolicy, drclusters, secretsUtil, ramenConfig, log); err != nil {
-		return ctrl.Result{}, fmt.Errorf("drpolicy deploy: %w", u.validatedSetFalse("DrClustersDeployFailed", err))
+		return ctrl.Result{}, fmt.Errorf("drpolicy deploy: %w", err)
 	}
 
 	schedulingIntervalSeconds, err := util.GetSecondsFromSchedulingInterval(drpolicy)
@@ -136,7 +149,7 @@ func (r *DRPolicyReconciler) Reconcile(ctx context.Context, req ctrl.Request) (c
 
 	metric.DRPolicySyncInterval.Set(schedulingIntervalSeconds)
 
-	return ctrl.Result{}, u.validatedSetTrue("Succeeded", "drpolicy validated")
+	return ctrl.Result{}, nil
 }
 
 func validateDRPolicy(ctx context.Context,
diff --git a/controllers/drpolicy_controller_test.go b/controllers/drpolicy_controller_test.go
index 0b84ea39a..caef96de9 100644
--- a/controllers/drpolicy_controller_test.go
+++ b/controllers/drpolicy_controller_test.go
@@ -117,19 +117,24 @@ var _ = Describe("DrpolicyController", func() {
 		}
 
 		// Ensure list of secrets for the policy name has as many placement rules
-		Expect(len(plRules)).To(Equal(len(drPoliciesAndSecrets[policyCombinationName])))
+		Eventually(func() bool {
+			plRules = getPlRuleForSecrets()
+
+			return len(plRules) == len(drPoliciesAndSecrets[policyCombinationName])
+		}, timeout, interval).Should(BeTrue())
 
 		// Range through secrets in drpolicies name and ensure cluster list is the same
 		for secretName, clusterList := range drPoliciesAndSecrets[policyCombinationName] {
 			_, _, plRuleName, _ := util.GeneratePolicyResourceNames(secretName)
 
-			Expect(func() (clusterNames []string) {
+			Eventually(func() (clusterNames []string) {
+				plRules = getPlRuleForSecrets()
 				for _, cluster := range plRules[plRuleName].Spec.Clusters {
 					clusterNames = append(clusterNames, cluster.Name)
 				}
 
 				return
-			}()).To(ConsistOf(clusterList))
+			}(), timeout, interval).Should(ConsistOf(clusterList))
 		}
 	}