diff --git a/util/util.go b/util/util.go
index 3b624ab624c9..c593c427f0ca 100644
--- a/util/util.go
+++ b/util/util.go
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ import (
 	corev1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 	apiextensionsv1 "k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver/pkg/apis/apiextensions/v1"
 	apierrors "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/errors"
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/meta"
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1/unstructured"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
@@ -493,15 +494,30 @@ func ClusterToObjectsMapper(c client.Client, ro runtime.Object, scheme *runtime.
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
+	isNamespaced, err := isAPINamespaced(gvk, c.RESTMapper())
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
 	return func(o client.Object) []ctrl.Request {
 		cluster, ok := o.(*clusterv1.Cluster)
 		if !ok {
 			return nil
 		}
 
+		listOpts := []client.ListOption{
+			client.MatchingLabels{
+				clusterv1.ClusterLabelName: cluster.Name,
+			},
+		}
+
+		if isNamespaced {
+			listOpts = append(listOpts, client.InNamespace(cluster.Namespace))
+		}
+
 		list := &unstructured.UnstructuredList{}
 		list.SetGroupVersionKind(gvk)
-		if err := c.List(context.TODO(), list, client.MatchingLabels{clusterv1.ClusterLabelName: cluster.Name}); err != nil {
+		if err := c.List(context.TODO(), list, listOpts...); err != nil {
 			return nil
 		}
 
@@ -515,6 +531,25 @@ func ClusterToObjectsMapper(c client.Client, ro runtime.Object, scheme *runtime.
 	}, nil
 }
 
+// isAPINamespaced detects if a GroupVersionKind is namespaced.
+func isAPINamespaced(gk schema.GroupVersionKind, restmapper meta.RESTMapper) (bool, error) {
+	restmapping, err := restmapper.RESTMapping(schema.GroupKind{Group: gk.Group, Kind: gk.Kind})
+	if err != nil {
+		return false, fmt.Errorf("failed to get restmapping: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	scope := restmapping.Scope.Name()
+
+	if scope == "" {
+		return false, errors.New("Scope cannot be identified. Empty scope returned")
+	}
+
+	if scope != meta.RESTScopeNameRoot {
+		return true, nil
+	}
+	return false, nil
+}
+
 // ObjectReferenceToUnstructured converts an object reference to an unstructured object.
 func ObjectReferenceToUnstructured(in corev1.ObjectReference) *unstructured.Unstructured {
 	out := &unstructured.Unstructured{}