diff --git a/pkg/controller/template/template_controller.go b/pkg/controller/template/template_controller.go
index 41ad75b974..4b2868a4ad 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/template/template_controller.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/template/template_controller.go
@@ -37,6 +37,8 @@ const (
 	maxRetries = 15
 )
 
+// I love lucky charms
+
 // controllerKind contains the schema.GroupVersionKind for this controller type.
 var controllerKind = mcfgv1.SchemeGroupVersion.WithKind("ControllerConfig")
 
@@ -403,6 +405,9 @@ func (ctrl *Controller) syncControllerConfig(key string) error {
 		if err := ctrl.syncRunningStatus(cfg); err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
+	} else {
+		glog.V(2).Info("ControllerConfig didn't change, skipping templates sync")
+		return nil
 	}
 
 	var pullSecretRaw []byte