diff --git a/controller/konnect/watch.go b/controller/konnect/watch.go
index 32f24800..e3ec24b3 100644
--- a/controller/konnect/watch.go
+++ b/controller/konnect/watch.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"reflect"
 
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/types"
 	ctrl "sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/client"
 	ctrllog "sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/log"
@@ -106,3 +107,27 @@ func controlPlaneIsRefKonnectNamespacedRef[
 	}
 	return cpRef, cpRef.Type == configurationv1alpha1.ControlPlaneRefKonnectNamespacedRef
 }
+
+// objectListToReconcileRequests converts a list of objects to a list of reconcile requests.
+func objectListToReconcileRequests[
+	T any,
+	TPtr interface {
+		*T
+		client.Object
+	},
+](
+	items []T,
+) []ctrl.Request {
+	ret := make([]ctrl.Request, 0, len(items))
+	for _, item := range items {
+		var e TPtr = &item
+		ret = append(ret, ctrl.Request{
+			NamespacedName: types.NamespacedName{
+				Namespace: e.GetNamespace(),
+				Name:      e.GetName(),
+			},
+		})
+	}
+
+	return ret
+}
diff --git a/controller/konnect/watch_credentialacl.go b/controller/konnect/watch_credentialacl.go
index c60b27fc..cddbc791 100644
--- a/controller/konnect/watch_credentialacl.go
+++ b/controller/konnect/watch_credentialacl.go
@@ -205,16 +205,6 @@ func kongCredentialACLForKongConsumer(
 			return nil
 		}
 
-		var ret []reconcile.Request
-		for _, cred := range l.Items {
-			ret = append(ret, reconcile.Request{
-				NamespacedName: types.NamespacedName{
-					Namespace: cred.Namespace,
-					Name:      cred.Name,
-				},
-			},
-			)
-		}
-		return ret
+		return objectListToReconcileRequests(l.Items)
 	}
 }
diff --git a/controller/konnect/watch_credentialapikey.go b/controller/konnect/watch_credentialapikey.go
index 975d7782..976d5639 100644
--- a/controller/konnect/watch_credentialapikey.go
+++ b/controller/konnect/watch_credentialapikey.go
@@ -205,16 +205,6 @@ func kongCredentialAPIKeyForKongConsumer(
 			return nil
 		}
 
-		var ret []reconcile.Request
-		for _, cred := range l.Items {
-			ret = append(ret, reconcile.Request{
-				NamespacedName: types.NamespacedName{
-					Namespace: cred.Namespace,
-					Name:      cred.Name,
-				},
-			},
-			)
-		}
-		return ret
+		return objectListToReconcileRequests(l.Items)
 	}
 }
diff --git a/controller/konnect/watch_credentialbasicauth.go b/controller/konnect/watch_credentialbasicauth.go
index 4cbb9359..d889feba 100644
--- a/controller/konnect/watch_credentialbasicauth.go
+++ b/controller/konnect/watch_credentialbasicauth.go
@@ -205,16 +205,6 @@ func kongCredentialBasicAuthForKongConsumer(
 			return nil
 		}
 
-		var ret []reconcile.Request
-		for _, cred := range l.Items {
-			ret = append(ret, reconcile.Request{
-				NamespacedName: types.NamespacedName{
-					Namespace: cred.Namespace,
-					Name:      cred.Name,
-				},
-			},
-			)
-		}
-		return ret
+		return objectListToReconcileRequests(l.Items)
 	}
 }
diff --git a/controller/konnect/watch_credentialjwt.go b/controller/konnect/watch_credentialjwt.go
index 1fdc314f..0f812a95 100644
--- a/controller/konnect/watch_credentialjwt.go
+++ b/controller/konnect/watch_credentialjwt.go
@@ -205,16 +205,6 @@ func kongCredentialJWTForKongConsumer(
 			return nil
 		}
 
-		var ret []reconcile.Request
-		for _, cred := range l.Items {
-			ret = append(ret, reconcile.Request{
-				NamespacedName: types.NamespacedName{
-					Namespace: cred.Namespace,
-					Name:      cred.Name,
-				},
-			},
-			)
-		}
-		return ret
+		return objectListToReconcileRequests(l.Items)
 	}
 }
diff --git a/controller/konnect/watch_kongconsumer.go b/controller/konnect/watch_kongconsumer.go
index 688fd340..99c025e1 100644
--- a/controller/konnect/watch_kongconsumer.go
+++ b/controller/konnect/watch_kongconsumer.go
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
 
-	"github.com/samber/lo"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/types"
 	ctrl "sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/builder"
@@ -215,13 +214,7 @@ func enqueueKongConsumerForKongConsumerGroup(
 		}); err != nil {
 			return nil
 		}
-		return lo.Map(l.Items, func(consumer configurationv1.KongConsumer, _ int) reconcile.Request {
-			return reconcile.Request{
-				NamespacedName: types.NamespacedName{
-					Namespace: consumer.Namespace,
-					Name:      consumer.Name,
-				},
-			}
-		})
+
+		return objectListToReconcileRequests(l.Items)
 	}
 }
diff --git a/controller/konnect/watch_kongsni.go b/controller/konnect/watch_kongsni.go
index 029dd4e4..57b17668 100644
--- a/controller/konnect/watch_kongsni.go
+++ b/controller/konnect/watch_kongsni.go
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ func kongSNIRefersToKonnectGatewayControlPlane(
 			return true
 		}
 
-		return cert.Spec.ControlPlaneRef != nil && cert.Spec.ControlPlaneRef.Type == configurationv1alpha1.ControlPlaneRefKonnectNamespacedRef
+		return objHasControlPlaneRefKonnectNamespacedRef(&cert)
 	}
 }
 
@@ -82,15 +82,6 @@ func enqueueKongSNIForKongCertificate(
 			return nil
 		}
 
-		ret := make([]reconcile.Request, 0, len(sniList.Items))
-		for _, sni := range sniList.Items {
-			ret = append(ret, reconcile.Request{
-				NamespacedName: types.NamespacedName{
-					Namespace: sni.Namespace,
-					Name:      sni.Name,
-				},
-			})
-		}
-		return ret
+		return objectListToReconcileRequests(sniList.Items)
 	}
 }
diff --git a/controller/konnect/watch_test.go b/controller/konnect/watch_test.go
index bb2f096b..1eceb323 100644
--- a/controller/konnect/watch_test.go
+++ b/controller/konnect/watch_test.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 	fakectrlruntimeclient "sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/client/fake"
 
 	"github.com/kong/gateway-operator/controller/konnect/constraints"
@@ -41,3 +42,41 @@ func testReconciliationWatchOptionsForEntity[
 		_ = watchOptions
 	})
 }
+
+func TestObjectListToReconcileRequests(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Run("KongConsumer", func(t *testing.T) {
+		tests := []struct {
+			name string
+			list []configurationv1.KongConsumer
+		}{
+			{
+				name: "KongConsumer",
+				list: []configurationv1.KongConsumer{
+					{
+						ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
+							Name:      "consumer1",
+							Namespace: "default",
+						},
+					},
+					{
+						ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
+							Name:      "consumer2",
+							Namespace: "default",
+						},
+					},
+				},
+			},
+		}
+
+		for _, tt := range tests {
+			t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+				requests := objectListToReconcileRequests(tt.list)
+				require.Len(t, requests, len(tt.list))
+				for i, item := range tt.list {
+					require.Equal(t, item.GetName(), requests[i].Name)
+					require.Equal(t, item.GetNamespace(), requests[i].Namespace)
+				}
+			})
+		}
+	})
+}