diff --git a/pkg/nfd-master/nfd-api-controller.go b/pkg/nfd-master/nfd-api-controller.go
index 12d7f27871..29cba271ec 100644
--- a/pkg/nfd-master/nfd-api-controller.go
+++ b/pkg/nfd-master/nfd-api-controller.go
@@ -206,7 +206,10 @@ func (c *nfdController) updateOneNode(typ string, obj metav1.Object) {
 		klog.ErrorS(err, "failed to determine node name for object", "type", typ, "object", klog.KObj(obj))
 		return
 	}
-	c.updateOneNodeChan <- nodeName
+	select {
+	case c.updateOneNodeChan <- nodeName:
+	case <-c.stopChan:
+	}
 }
 
 func (c *nfdController) updateAllNodes() {
@@ -217,7 +220,10 @@ func (c *nfdController) updateAllNodes() {
 }
 
 func (c *nfdController) updateNodeFeatureGroup(nodeFeatureGroup string) {
-	c.updateNodeFeatureGroupChan <- nodeFeatureGroup
+	select {
+	case c.updateNodeFeatureGroupChan <- nodeFeatureGroup:
+	case <-c.stopChan:
+	}
 }
 
 func (c *nfdController) updateAllNodeFeatureGroups() {
diff --git a/pkg/nfd-master/nfd-master.go b/pkg/nfd-master/nfd-master.go
index e34bb3e5fb..56deedb222 100644
--- a/pkg/nfd-master/nfd-master.go
+++ b/pkg/nfd-master/nfd-master.go
@@ -392,7 +392,7 @@ func (m *nfdMaster) Run() error {
 
 			// Update all nodes when the configuration changes
 			if m.nfdController != nil && nfdfeatures.NFDFeatureGate.Enabled(nfdfeatures.NodeFeatureAPI) {
-				m.nfdController.updateAllNodesChan <- struct{}{}
+				m.nfdController.updateAllNodes()
 			}
 
 		case <-m.stop: