diff --git a/components/node-labeler/cmd/run.go b/components/node-labeler/cmd/run.go
index b5cbda92d396fd..f51b9f6bf3160e 100644
--- a/components/node-labeler/cmd/run.go
+++ b/components/node-labeler/cmd/run.go
@@ -410,6 +410,7 @@ func (c *NodeScaledownAnnotationController) Reconcile(ctx context.Context, req c
 		c.queueNodeForReconciliation(ws.Status.Runtime.NodeName)
 	}
 
+	log.WithField("runtime", ws.Status.Runtime).Warn("reconciling object with no Runtime/NodeName, which wasn't filtered out by workspaceFilter")
 	return ctrl.Result{}, nil
 }