diff --git a/pkg/controller/jenkins/configuration/user/reconcile.go b/pkg/controller/jenkins/configuration/user/reconcile.go
index cd688c93f..b7155474f 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/jenkins/configuration/user/reconcile.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/jenkins/configuration/user/reconcile.go
@@ -78,27 +78,26 @@ func (r *ReconcileUserConfiguration) ensureSeedJobs() (reconcile.Result, error)
 }
 
 func (r *ReconcileUserConfiguration) ensureUserConfiguration(jenkinsClient jenkinsclient.Jenkins) (reconcile.Result, error) {
-	groovyClient := groovy.New(jenkinsClient, r.Client, r.logger, r.Configuration.Jenkins, "user-groovy", r.Configuration.Jenkins.Spec.GroovyScripts.Customization)
-
-	requeue, err := groovyClient.WaitForSecretSynchronization(resources.GroovyScriptsSecretVolumePath)
+	configurationAsCodeClient := casc.New(jenkinsClient, r.Client, r.logger, r.Configuration.Jenkins)
+	requeue, err := configurationAsCodeClient.Ensure(r.Configuration.Jenkins)
 	if err != nil {
 		return reconcile.Result{}, err
 	}
 	if requeue {
 		return reconcile.Result{Requeue: true}, nil
 	}
-	requeue, err = groovyClient.Ensure(func(name string) bool {
-		return strings.HasSuffix(name, ".groovy")
-	}, groovy.AddSecretsLoaderToGroovyScript(resources.GroovyScriptsSecretVolumePath))
+
+	groovyClient := groovy.New(jenkinsClient, r.Client, r.logger, r.Configuration.Jenkins, "user-groovy", r.Configuration.Jenkins.Spec.GroovyScripts.Customization)
+	requeue, err = groovyClient.WaitForSecretSynchronization(resources.GroovyScriptsSecretVolumePath)
 	if err != nil {
 		return reconcile.Result{}, err
 	}
 	if requeue {
 		return reconcile.Result{Requeue: true}, nil
 	}
-
-	configurationAsCodeClient := casc.New(jenkinsClient, r.Client, r.logger, r.Configuration.Jenkins)
-	requeue, err = configurationAsCodeClient.Ensure(r.Configuration.Jenkins)
+	requeue, err = groovyClient.Ensure(func(name string) bool {
+		return strings.HasSuffix(name, ".groovy")
+	}, groovy.AddSecretsLoaderToGroovyScript(resources.GroovyScriptsSecretVolumePath))
 	if err != nil {
 		return reconcile.Result{}, err
 	}