diff --git a/cmd/controller/app/controller.go b/cmd/controller/app/controller.go
index fc3a633d..b8f5a2d5 100644
--- a/cmd/controller/app/controller.go
+++ b/cmd/controller/app/controller.go
@@ -525,16 +525,18 @@ func (c *Controller) syncHandler(wqKey images.WorkQueueKey) error {
 			glog.V(4).Infof("No. of nodes in %+v is %d", i.NodeSelector, len(nodes))
 
 			for _, n := range nodes {
-				for m := range i.Images {
-					ipr := images.ImageWorkRequest{
-						Image:                   i.Images[m],
-						Node:                    n,
-						ContainerRuntimeVersion: n.Status.NodeInfo.ContainerRuntimeVersion,
-						WorkType:                wqKey.WorkType,
-						Imagecache:              imageCache,
+				/*
+					for m := range i.Images {
+						ipr := images.ImageWorkRequest{
+							Image:                   i.Images[m],
+							Node:                    n,
+							ContainerRuntimeVersion: n.Status.NodeInfo.ContainerRuntimeVersion,
+							WorkType:                wqKey.WorkType,
+							Imagecache:              imageCache,
+						}
+						c.imageworkqueue.AddRateLimited(ipr)
 					}
-					c.imageworkqueue.AddRateLimited(ipr)
-				}
+				*/
 				if wqKey.WorkType == images.ImageCacheUpdate {
 					for _, oldimage := range wqKey.OldImageCache.Spec.CacheSpec[k].Images {
 						matched := false
@@ -555,6 +557,25 @@ func (c *Controller) syncHandler(wqKey images.WorkQueueKey) error {
 							c.imageworkqueue.AddRateLimited(ipr)
 						}
 					}
+					for _, newimage := range i.Images {
+						matched := false
+						for _, oldimage := range wqKey.OldImageCache.Spec.CacheSpec[k].Images {
+							if oldimage == newimage {
+								matched = true
+								break
+							}
+						}
+						if !matched {
+							ipr := images.ImageWorkRequest{
+								Image:                   newimage,
+								Node:                    n,
+								ContainerRuntimeVersion: n.Status.NodeInfo.ContainerRuntimeVersion,
+								WorkType:                images.ImageCacheUpdate,
+								Imagecache:              imageCache,
+							}
+							c.imageworkqueue.AddRateLimited(ipr)
+						}
+					}
 				}
 			}
 		}