diff --git a/pkg/operator/certrotationcontroller/certrotationcontroller.go b/pkg/operator/certrotationcontroller/certrotationcontroller.go
index 697e33d46..b12be8c7b 100644
--- a/pkg/operator/certrotationcontroller/certrotationcontroller.go
+++ b/pkg/operator/certrotationcontroller/certrotationcontroller.go
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import (
 
 	"k8s.io/klog/v2"
 
+	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 	corev1client "k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes/typed/core/v1"
 
 	"github.com/openshift/library-go/pkg/operator/certrotation"
@@ -21,6 +22,9 @@ const defaultRotationDay = 24 * time.Hour
 
 type CertRotationController struct {
 	certRotators []factory.Controller
+
+	controlledSecrets    []metav1.ObjectMeta
+	controlledConfigMaps []metav1.ObjectMeta
 }
 
 func NewCertRotationController(
@@ -40,6 +44,9 @@ func NewCertRotationController(
 		klog.Warningf("Certificate rotation base set to %q", rotationDay)
 	}
 
+	ret.controlledSecrets = []metav1.ObjectMeta{}
+	ret.controlledConfigMaps = []metav1.ObjectMeta{}
+
 	certRotator := certrotation.NewCertRotationController(
 		"CSRSigningCert",
 		certrotation.RotatedSigningCASecret{
@@ -87,6 +94,7 @@ func NewCertRotationController(
 		},
 		eventRecorder,
 		&certrotation.StaticPodConditionStatusReporter{OperatorClient: operatorClient},
+		&ret.controlledSecrets, &ret.controlledConfigMaps,
 	)
 
 	ret.certRotators = append(ret.certRotators, certRotator)
diff --git a/pkg/operator/certrotationcontroller/certrotationcontroller_test.go b/pkg/operator/certrotationcontroller/certrotationcontroller_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c671fc7d3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/operator/certrotationcontroller/certrotationcontroller_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+package certrotationcontroller
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"fmt"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+	"k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes/fake"
+
+	operatorv1 "github.com/openshift/api/operator/v1"
+	"github.com/openshift/cluster-kube-controller-manager-operator/pkg/operator/operatorclient"
+	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
+
+	"github.com/openshift/library-go/pkg/operator/certrotation"
+	"github.com/openshift/library-go/pkg/operator/events"
+	"github.com/openshift/library-go/pkg/operator/v1helpers"
+)
+
+func TestNewCertRotationControllerHasUniqueSigners(t *testing.T) {
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	kubeClient := fake.NewSimpleClientset()
+
+	operatorClient := v1helpers.NewFakeStaticPodOperatorClient(&operatorv1.StaticPodOperatorSpec{OperatorSpec: operatorv1.OperatorSpec{ManagementState: operatorv1.Managed}}, &operatorv1.StaticPodOperatorStatus{}, nil, nil)
+	certRotationScale, err := certrotation.GetCertRotationScale(ctx, kubeClient, operatorclient.GlobalUserSpecifiedConfigNamespace)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	kubeInformersForNamespaces := v1helpers.NewKubeInformersForNamespaces(
+		kubeClient,
+		operatorclient.GlobalMachineSpecifiedConfigNamespace,
+		operatorclient.GlobalUserSpecifiedConfigNamespace,
+		operatorclient.OperatorNamespace,
+		operatorclient.TargetNamespace,
+	)
+
+	eventRecorder := events.NewInMemoryRecorder("")
+	c, err := NewCertRotationController(
+		v1helpers.CachedSecretGetter(kubeClient.CoreV1(), kubeInformersForNamespaces),
+		v1helpers.CachedConfigMapGetter(kubeClient.CoreV1(), kubeInformersForNamespaces),
+		operatorClient,
+		kubeInformersForNamespaces,
+		eventRecorder,
+		certRotationScale)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	require.NotEmpty(t, c.certRotators)
+
+	sets := map[string][]metav1.ObjectMeta{
+		"Secret":    c.controlledSecrets,
+		"ConfigMap": c.controlledConfigMaps,
+	}
+	for objType, set := range sets {
+		slice := make(map[string]bool)
+		for _, objMeta := range set {
+			objKey := fmt.Sprintf("%s/%s", objMeta.Name, objMeta.Namespace)
+			if _, found := slice[objKey]; !found {
+				slice[objKey] = true
+			} else {
+				t.Fatalf("%s %s is being managed by two controllers", objType, objKey)
+			}
+		}
+	}
+}