diff --git a/internal/cmd/controller/gitops/reconciler/gitjob_controller.go b/internal/cmd/controller/gitops/reconciler/gitjob_controller.go
index 41d2457e84..a7e7abcc90 100644
--- a/internal/cmd/controller/gitops/reconciler/gitjob_controller.go
+++ b/internal/cmd/controller/gitops/reconciler/gitjob_controller.go
@@ -188,13 +188,8 @@ func (r *GitJobReconciler) Reconcile(ctx context.Context, req ctrl.Request) (ctr
 	// From this point onwards we have to take into account if the poller
 	// task was executed.
 	// If so, we need to return a Result with EnqueueAfter set.
-	result := reconcile.Result{}
-	if repoPolled {
-		result = reconcile.Result{RequeueAfter: getPollingIntervalDuration(gitrepo)}
-		result.RequeueAfter = addJitter(result.RequeueAfter)
-	}
 
-	res, err := r.manageGitJob(ctx, logger, gitrepo, oldCommit, repoPolled, result)
+	res, err := r.manageGitJob(ctx, logger, gitrepo, oldCommit, repoPolled)
 	if err != nil || res.Requeue {
 		return res, err
 	}
@@ -205,10 +200,10 @@ func (r *GitJobReconciler) Reconcile(ctx context.Context, req ctrl.Request) (ctr
 	if err != nil {
 		logger.Error(err, "Reconcile failed final update to git repo status", "status", gitrepo.Status)
 
-		return result, err
+		return r.result(gitrepo), err
 	}
 
-	return result, nil
+	return r.result(gitrepo), nil
 }
 
 // addJitter to the requeue time to avoid thundering herd
@@ -222,7 +217,7 @@ func addJitter(d time.Duration) time.Duration {
 }
 
 // manageGitJob is responsible for creating, updating and deleting the GitJob and setting the GitRepo's status accordingly
-func (r *GitJobReconciler) manageGitJob(ctx context.Context, logger logr.Logger, gitrepo *v1alpha1.GitRepo, oldCommit string, repoPolled bool, oldResult reconcile.Result) (reconcile.Result, error) {
+func (r *GitJobReconciler) manageGitJob(ctx context.Context, logger logr.Logger, gitrepo *v1alpha1.GitRepo, oldCommit string, repoPolled bool) (reconcile.Result, error) {
 	name := types.NamespacedName{Namespace: gitrepo.Namespace, Name: gitrepo.Name}
 	var job batchv1.Job
 	err := r.Get(ctx, types.NamespacedName{
@@ -232,7 +227,7 @@ func (r *GitJobReconciler) manageGitJob(ctx context.Context, logger logr.Logger,
 	if err != nil && !errors.IsNotFound(err) {
 		err = fmt.Errorf("error retrieving git job: %w", err)
 		r.Recorder.Event(gitrepo, fleetevent.Warning, "FailedToGetGitJob", err.Error())
-		return oldResult, err
+		return r.result(gitrepo), err
 	}
 
 	if errors.IsNotFound(err) {
@@ -255,16 +250,16 @@ func (r *GitJobReconciler) manageGitJob(ctx context.Context, logger logr.Logger,
 			r.updateGenerationValuesIfNeeded(gitrepo)
 			if err := r.validateExternalSecretExist(ctx, gitrepo); err != nil {
 				r.Recorder.Event(gitrepo, fleetevent.Warning, "FailedValidatingSecret", err.Error())
-				return oldResult, updateErrorStatus(ctx, r.Client, name, gitrepo.Status, err)
+				return r.result(gitrepo), updateErrorStatus(ctx, r.Client, name, gitrepo.Status, err)
 			}
 			if err := r.createJobAndResources(ctx, gitrepo, logger); err != nil {
-				return oldResult, err
+				return r.result(gitrepo), err
 			}
 		}
 	} else if gitrepo.Status.Commit != "" && gitrepo.Status.Commit == oldCommit {
 		err, recreateGitJob := r.deleteJobIfNeeded(ctx, gitrepo, &job)
 		if err != nil {
-			return oldResult, fmt.Errorf("error deleting git job: %w", err)
+			return r.result(gitrepo), fmt.Errorf("error deleting git job: %w", err)
 		}
 		// job was deleted and we need to recreate it
 		// Requeue so the reconciler creates the job again
@@ -276,7 +271,7 @@ func (r *GitJobReconciler) manageGitJob(ctx context.Context, logger logr.Logger,
 	gitrepo.Status.ObservedGeneration = gitrepo.Generation
 
 	if err = setStatusFromGitjob(ctx, r.Client, gitrepo, &job); err != nil {
-		return oldResult, updateErrorStatus(ctx, r.Client, name, gitrepo.Status, err)
+		return r.result(gitrepo), updateErrorStatus(ctx, r.Client, name, gitrepo.Status, err)
 	}
 
 	return reconcile.Result{}, nil
@@ -1157,6 +1152,37 @@ func getPollingIntervalDuration(gitrepo *v1alpha1.GitRepo) time.Duration {
 	return gitrepo.Spec.PollingInterval.Duration
 }
 
+func (r *GitJobReconciler) result(gitrepo *v1alpha1.GitRepo) reconcile.Result {
+	// We always return a reconcile Result with RequeueAfter set to the polling interval
+	// unless polling is disabled.
+	// This is done to ensure the polling cycle is never broken due to race conditions
+	// between regular events and RequeueAfter events.
+	// Requeuing more events when there is already an event in the queue is not a problem
+	// because controller-runtime ignores events with higher timestamp
+	// For example, if we have an event in the queue that should be executed at time X
+	// and we try to enqueue another event that should be executed at time X+10 it will be
+	// dropped.
+	// If we try to enqueue an event at time X-10, it will replace the one in the queue.
+	// The queue will always keep the event that should be triggered earlier.
+	if gitrepo.Spec.DisablePolling {
+		return reconcile.Result{}
+	}
+
+	// Calculate next reconciliation schedule based on the elapsed time since the last polling
+	// so it matches the configured polling interval.
+	// A fixed value may lead to drifts due to out-of-schedule reconciliations.
+	requeueAfter := getPollingIntervalDuration(gitrepo) - r.Clock.Since(gitrepo.Status.LastPollingTime.Time)
+	if requeueAfter <= 0 {
+		// This is a protection for cases in which the calculation above is 0 or less.
+		// In those cases controller-runtime does not call AddAfter for this object and
+		// the RequeueAfter cycle is lost.
+		// To ensure that this cycle is not broken we force the object to be requeued.
+		return reconcile.Result{Requeue: true}
+	}
+	requeueAfter = addJitter(requeueAfter)
+	return reconcile.Result{RequeueAfter: requeueAfter}
+}
+
 func webhookCommitChangedPredicate() predicate.Predicate {
 	return predicate.Funcs{
 		UpdateFunc: func(e event.UpdateEvent) bool {