diff --git a/pkg/ifaces/watcher.go b/pkg/ifaces/watcher.go
index 12dc12575..9820860f5 100644
--- a/pkg/ifaces/watcher.go
+++ b/pkg/ifaces/watcher.go
@@ -7,11 +7,13 @@ import (
 	"path/filepath"
 	"sync"
 	"syscall"
+	"time"
 
 	"github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify"
 	"github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
 	"github.com/vishvananda/netlink"
 	"github.com/vishvananda/netns"
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/wait"
 )
 
 const (
@@ -45,13 +47,12 @@ func NewWatcher(bufLen int) *Watcher {
 func (w *Watcher) Subscribe(ctx context.Context) (<-chan Event, error) {
 	out := make(chan Event, w.bufLen)
 
-	nsHandles, err := getNetNSHandles()
+	netns, err := getNetNS()
 	if err != nil {
-		go w.sendUpdates(ctx, netns.None(), out)
+		go w.sendUpdates(ctx, "", out)
 	} else {
-		for _, nsh := range nsHandles {
-			nsHandle := nsh
-			go w.sendUpdates(ctx, nsHandle, out)
+		for _, n := range netns {
+			go w.sendUpdates(ctx, n, out)
 		}
 	}
 	// register to get notification when netns is created or deleted and register for link update for new netns
@@ -59,13 +60,30 @@ func (w *Watcher) Subscribe(ctx context.Context) (<-chan Event, error) {
 	return out, nil
 }
 
-func (w *Watcher) sendUpdates(ctx context.Context, netnsHandle netns.NsHandle, out chan Event) {
+func (w *Watcher) sendUpdates(ctx context.Context, ns string, out chan Event) {
+	var netnsHandle netns.NsHandle
+	var err error
 	log := logrus.WithField("component", "ifaces.Watcher")
 	// subscribe for interface events
 	links := make(chan netlink.LinkUpdate)
-	log.WithField("netns", netnsHandle.String()).Debug("linkSubscribe to receive links update")
-	if err := w.linkSubscriberAt(netnsHandle, links, ctx.Done()); err != nil {
-		log.WithError(err).Errorf("can't subscribe to links netns %s", netnsHandle.String())
+	if err = wait.PollUntilContextTimeout(ctx, 10*time.Millisecond, 5*time.Second, true, func(ctx context.Context) (done bool, err error) {
+		if ns == "" {
+			netnsHandle = netns.None()
+		} else {
+			if netnsHandle, err = netns.GetFromName(ns); err != nil {
+				return false, nil
+			}
+		}
+		log.WithFields(logrus.Fields{
+			"netns":       ns,
+			"netnsHandle": netnsHandle.String(),
+		}).Debug("linkSubscribe to receive links update")
+		if err = w.linkSubscriberAt(netnsHandle, links, ctx.Done()); err != nil {
+			return false, nil
+		}
+		return true, nil
+	}); err != nil {
+		log.WithError(err).Errorf("can't subscribe to links netns %s netnsHandle %s", ns, netnsHandle.String())
 		return
 	}
 
@@ -119,7 +137,7 @@ func (w *Watcher) sendUpdates(ctx context.Context, netnsHandle netns.NsHandle, o
 	}
 }
 
-func getNetNSHandles() ([]netns.NsHandle, error) {
+func getNetNS() ([]string, error) {
 	log := logrus.WithField("component", "ifaces.Watcher")
 	files, err := os.ReadDir(netnsVolume)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -127,27 +145,20 @@ func getNetNSHandles() ([]netns.NsHandle, error) {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to list network-namespaces: %w", err)
 	}
 
-	handles := []netns.NsHandle{netns.None()}
+	netns := []string{""}
 	if len(files) == 0 {
 		log.WithField("netns", files).Debug("empty network-namespaces list")
-		return handles, nil
+		return netns, nil
 	}
 	for _, f := range files {
 		ns := f.Name()
-		handle, err := netns.GetFromName(ns)
-		if err != nil {
-			log.WithField("netns", ns).Debug("can't get NsHandle for this netns. Ignoring")
-			continue
-		}
-		handles = append(handles, handle)
+		netns = append(netns, ns)
 		log.WithFields(logrus.Fields{
-			"netns":  ns,
-			"handle": handle.String(),
+			"netns": ns,
 		}).Debug("Detected network-namespace")
-
 	}
 
-	return handles, nil
+	return netns, nil
 }
 
 func (w *Watcher) netnsNotify(ctx context.Context, out chan Event) {
@@ -170,12 +181,7 @@ func (w *Watcher) netnsNotify(ctx context.Context, out chan Event) {
 				if event.Op&fsnotify.Create == fsnotify.Create {
 					ns := filepath.Base(event.Name)
 					log.WithField("netns", ns).Debug("netns notification")
-					handle, err := netns.GetFromName(ns)
-					if err != nil {
-						log.WithField("netns", ns).Debug("can't get NsHandle for this netns. Ignoring")
-						return
-					}
-					go w.sendUpdates(ctx, handle, out)
+					go w.sendUpdates(ctx, ns, out)
 				}
 			case err, ok := <-w.netnsWatcher.Errors:
 				if !ok {