diff --git a/cmd/kueue/main.go b/cmd/kueue/main.go
index ea1acd7365..92dced5870 100644
--- a/cmd/kueue/main.go
+++ b/cmd/kueue/main.go
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ import (
 	// Import all Kubernetes client auth plugins (e.g. Azure, GCP, OIDC, etc.)
 	// to ensure that exec-entrypoint and run can make use of them.
 	_ "k8s.io/client-go/plugin/pkg/client/auth"
-	"k8s.io/utils/ptr"
 
 	zaplog "go.uber.org/zap"
 	"go.uber.org/zap/zapcore"
@@ -39,6 +38,7 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/client-go/discovery"
 	clientgoscheme "k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes/scheme"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/rest"
+	"k8s.io/utils/ptr"
 	ctrl "sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/healthz"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/log/zap"
diff --git a/pkg/controller/admissionchecks/multikueue/multikueuecluster.go b/pkg/controller/admissionchecks/multikueue/multikueuecluster.go
index 88a6e8f0c4..2375d34dab 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/admissionchecks/multikueue/multikueuecluster.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/admissionchecks/multikueue/multikueuecluster.go
@@ -162,13 +162,13 @@ func (rc *remoteClient) runGC(ctx context.Context) {
 
 		// if the remote wl has a controller(owning Job), delete the job
 		if controller := metav1.GetControllerOf(&remoteWl); controller != nil {
-			ownerKey := types.NamespacedName{Name: controller.Name, Namespace: remoteWl.Namespace}
+			ownerKey := klog.KRef(remoteWl.Namespace, controller.Name)
 			adapterKey := schema.FromAPIVersionAndKind(controller.APIVersion, controller.Kind).String()
 			if adapter, found := adapters[adapterKey]; !found {
 				wlLog.V(2).Info("No adapter found", "adapterKey", adapterKey, "ownerKey", ownerKey)
 			} else {
 				wlLog.V(5).Info("MultiKueueGC deleting workload owner", "ownerKey", ownerKey, "ownnerKind", controller)
-				err := adapter.DeleteRemoteObject(ctx, rc.client, ownerKey)
+				err := adapter.DeleteRemoteObject(ctx, rc.client, types.NamespacedName{Name: controller.Name, Namespace: remoteWl.Namespace})
 				if client.IgnoreNotFound(err) != nil {
 					wlLog.V(2).Error(err, "Deleting remote workload's owner", "ownerKey", ownerKey)
 				}
@@ -344,7 +344,7 @@ func (c *clustersReconciler) updateStatus(ctx context.Context, cluster *kueuealp
 }
 
 func (c *clustersReconciler) runGC(ctx context.Context) {
-	log := ctrl.LoggerFrom(ctx)
+	log := ctrl.LoggerFrom(ctx).WithName("MultiKueueGC")
 	if c.gcInterval == 0 {
 		log.V(2).Info("Garbage Collection is disabled")
 		return