diff --git a/USERS.md b/USERS.md
index 7909967498..21b55d8f34 100644
--- a/USERS.md
+++ b/USERS.md
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ Organizations below are **officially** using Argo Rollouts. Please send a PR wit
 1. [Databricks](https://github.com/databricks)
 1. [Devtron Labs](https://github.com/devtron-labs/devtron)
 1. [Farfetch](https://www.farfetch.com/)
+1. [Flipkart](https://flipkart.com)
 1. [Gllue](https://gllue.com)
 1. [Ibotta](https://home.ibotta.com/)
 1. [Intuit](https://www.intuit.com/)
diff --git a/cmd/rollouts-controller/main.go b/cmd/rollouts-controller/main.go
index f94fc10ba9..f669a7115f 100644
--- a/cmd/rollouts-controller/main.go
+++ b/cmd/rollouts-controller/main.go
@@ -108,6 +108,9 @@ func newCommand() *cobra.Command {
 				log.Infof("Using namespace %s", namespace)
 			}
 
+			k8sRequestProvider := &metrics.K8sRequestsCountProvider{}
+			kubeclientmetrics.AddMetricsTransportWrapper(config, k8sRequestProvider.IncKubernetesRequest)
+
 			kubeClient, err := kubernetes.NewForConfig(config)
 			checkError(err)
 			argoprojClient, err := clientset.NewForConfig(config)
@@ -155,8 +158,6 @@ func newCommand() *cobra.Command {
 			configMapInformer := controllerNamespaceInformerFactory.Core().V1().ConfigMaps()
 			secretInformer := controllerNamespaceInformerFactory.Core().V1().Secrets()
 
-			k8sRequestProvider := &metrics.K8sRequestsCountProvider{}
-			kubeclientmetrics.AddMetricsTransportWrapper(config, k8sRequestProvider.IncKubernetesRequest)
 			mode, err := ingressutil.DetermineIngressMode(ingressVersion, kubeClient.DiscoveryClient)
 			checkError(err)
 			ingressWrapper, err := ingressutil.NewIngressWrapper(mode, kubeClient, kubeInformerFactory)
diff --git a/controller/metrics/client.go b/controller/metrics/client.go
index f2e2624d20..01367745ef 100644
--- a/controller/metrics/client.go
+++ b/controller/metrics/client.go
@@ -35,7 +35,8 @@ func (m *K8sRequestsCountProvider) IncKubernetesRequest(resourceInfo kubeclientm
 		name = "Unknown"
 		kind = "Unknown"
 	}
-
-	m.k8sRequestsCount.WithLabelValues(kind, namespace, name, string(resourceInfo.Verb), statusCode).Inc()
+	if m.k8sRequestsCount != nil {
+		m.k8sRequestsCount.WithLabelValues(kind, namespace, name, string(resourceInfo.Verb), statusCode).Inc()
+	}
 	return nil
 }