diff --git a/pkg/shim/scheduler.go b/pkg/shim/scheduler.go
index 291083f4f..4a60adfc4 100644
--- a/pkg/shim/scheduler.go
+++ b/pkg/shim/scheduler.go
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ func NewShimScheduler(scheduler api.SchedulerAPI, configs *conf.SchedulerConf, b
 	kubeClient := client.NewKubeClient(configs.KubeConfig)
 
 	// we have disabled re-sync to keep ourselves up-to-date
-	informerFactory := informers.NewSharedInformerFactory(kubeClient.GetClientSet(), 0)
+	informerFactory := informers.NewSharedInformerFactoryWithOptions(kubeClient.GetClientSet(), 0, informers.WithNamespace(configs.Namespace))
 
 	apiFactory := client.NewAPIFactory(scheduler, informerFactory, configs, false)
 	context := cache.NewContextWithBootstrapConfigMaps(apiFactory, bootstrapConfigMaps)