diff --git a/pkg/cache/cache_test.go b/pkg/cache/cache_test.go
index 4509950fe7..9efd04877c 100644
--- a/pkg/cache/cache_test.go
+++ b/pkg/cache/cache_test.go
@@ -1035,15 +1035,13 @@ func CacheTest(createCacheFunc func(config *rest.Config, opts cache.Options) (ca
 							Version: "v1",
 							Kind:    "PodList",
 						})
-						for range 2 {
-							Expect(namespacedCache.List(context.Background(), out)).To(Succeed())
-
-							By("verifying the returned pod is from the watched namespace")
-							Expect(out.Items).NotTo(BeEmpty())
-							Expect(out.Items).Should(HaveLen(2))
-							for _, item := range out.Items {
-								Expect(item.GetNamespace()).To(Equal(testNamespaceOne))
-							}
+						Expect(namespacedCache.List(context.Background(), out)).To(Succeed())
+
+						By("verifying the returned pod is from the watched namespace")
+						Expect(out.Items).NotTo(BeEmpty())
+						Expect(out.Items).Should(HaveLen(2))
+						for _, item := range out.Items {
+							Expect(item.GetNamespace()).To(Equal(testNamespaceOne))
 						}
 						By("listing all nodes - should still be able to list a cluster-scoped resource")
 						nodeList := &unstructured.UnstructuredList{}
diff --git a/pkg/cache/multi_namespace_cache.go b/pkg/cache/multi_namespace_cache.go
index d7d7b0e7c2..525d93e0ab 100644
--- a/pkg/cache/multi_namespace_cache.go
+++ b/pkg/cache/multi_namespace_cache.go
@@ -279,7 +279,10 @@ func (c *multiNamespaceCache) List(ctx context.Context, list client.ObjectList,
 		return err
 	}
 
-	allItems := []runtime.Object{}
+	allItems, err := apimeta.ExtractList(list)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
 
 	limitSet := listOpts.Limit > 0