diff --git a/exp/addons/internal/controllers/clusterresourceset_controller.go b/exp/addons/internal/controllers/clusterresourceset_controller.go
index 336ceaf082a4..8167bee4a9b8 100644
--- a/exp/addons/internal/controllers/clusterresourceset_controller.go
+++ b/exp/addons/internal/controllers/clusterresourceset_controller.go
@@ -264,6 +264,9 @@ func (r *ClusterResourceSetReconciler) ApplyClusterResourceSet(ctx context.Conte
 		}
 	}()
 
+	// Ensure that the owner references are set on the ClusterResourceSetBinding.
+	clusterResourceSetBinding.OwnerReferences = ensureOwnerRefs(clusterResourceSetBinding, clusterResourceSet, cluster)
+
 	errList := []error{}
 	resourceSetBinding := clusterResourceSetBinding.GetOrCreateBinding(clusterResourceSet)
 
diff --git a/exp/addons/internal/controllers/clusterresourceset_helpers.go b/exp/addons/internal/controllers/clusterresourceset_helpers.go
index a45c8fbddc86..0fee1dc263ca 100644
--- a/exp/addons/internal/controllers/clusterresourceset_helpers.go
+++ b/exp/addons/internal/controllers/clusterresourceset_helpers.go
@@ -123,13 +123,8 @@ func (r *ClusterResourceSetReconciler) getOrCreateClusterResourceSetBinding(ctx
 
 		clusterResourceSetBinding.Name = cluster.Name
 		clusterResourceSetBinding.Namespace = cluster.Namespace
-		clusterResourceSetBinding.OwnerReferences = util.EnsureOwnerRef(clusterResourceSetBinding.OwnerReferences, metav1.OwnerReference{
-			APIVersion: clusterv1.GroupVersion.String(),
-			Kind:       "Cluster",
-			Name:       cluster.Name,
-			UID:        cluster.UID,
-		})
-		clusterResourceSetBinding.OwnerReferences = util.EnsureOwnerRef(clusterResourceSetBinding.OwnerReferences, *metav1.NewControllerRef(clusterResourceSet, clusterResourceSet.GroupVersionKind()))
+
+		clusterResourceSetBinding.OwnerReferences = ensureOwnerRefs(clusterResourceSetBinding, clusterResourceSet, cluster)
 
 		clusterResourceSetBinding.Spec.Bindings = []*addonsv1.ResourceSetBinding{}
 		if err := r.Client.Create(ctx, clusterResourceSetBinding); err != nil {
@@ -146,6 +141,20 @@ func (r *ClusterResourceSetReconciler) getOrCreateClusterResourceSetBinding(ctx
 	return clusterResourceSetBinding, nil
 }
 
+// ensureOwnerRefs ensures Cluster and ClusterResourceSet owner references are set on the ClusterResourceSetBinding
+func ensureOwnerRefs(clusterResourceSetBinding *addonsv1.ClusterResourceSetBinding, clusterResourceSet *addonsv1.ClusterResourceSet, cluster *clusterv1.Cluster) []metav1.OwnerReference {
+	clusterResourceSetBinding.Name = cluster.Name
+	clusterResourceSetBinding.Namespace = cluster.Namespace
+	clusterResourceSetBinding.OwnerReferences = util.EnsureOwnerRef(clusterResourceSetBinding.OwnerReferences, metav1.OwnerReference{
+		APIVersion: clusterv1.GroupVersion.String(),
+		Kind:       "Cluster",
+		Name:       cluster.Name,
+		UID:        cluster.UID,
+	})
+	clusterResourceSetBinding.OwnerReferences = util.EnsureOwnerRef(clusterResourceSetBinding.OwnerReferences, *metav1.NewControllerRef(clusterResourceSet, clusterResourceSet.GroupVersionKind()))
+	return clusterResourceSetBinding.OwnerReferences
+}
+
 // getConfigMap retrieves any ConfigMap from the given name and namespace.
 func getConfigMap(ctx context.Context, c client.Client, configmapName types.NamespacedName) (*corev1.ConfigMap, error) {
 	configMap := &corev1.ConfigMap{}