diff --git a/manager/controller.go b/manager/controller.go
index 82f0eb3..3a30c53 100644
--- a/manager/controller.go
+++ b/manager/controller.go
@@ -163,8 +163,7 @@ func (c *OwnedResourceController) processNext(ctx context.Context) bool {
 	ctx = c.OperationsContext.WithValue(ctx, queue.NewOperations(done, requeue))
 
 	c.sync(ctx, *gvr, namespace, name)
-
-	cancel()
+	done()
 	<-ctx.Done()
 
 	return true
diff --git a/manager/controller_test.go b/manager/controller_test.go
index ffd34e6..d3f3f2a 100644
--- a/manager/controller_test.go
+++ b/manager/controller_test.go
@@ -2,14 +2,18 @@ package manager
 
 import (
 	"context"
+	"fmt"
+	"testing"
 	"time"
 
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime/schema"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes/fake"
 	typedcorev1 "k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes/typed/core/v1"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/tools/record"
 	ctrlmanageropts "k8s.io/controller-manager/options"
 
+	"github.com/authzed/controller-idioms/cachekeys"
 	"github.com/authzed/controller-idioms/queue"
 	"github.com/authzed/controller-idioms/typed"
 )
@@ -37,3 +41,41 @@ func ExampleNewOwnedResourceController() {
 	_ = mgr.Start(ctx, controller)
 	// Output:
 }
+
+func TestControllerQueueDone(t *testing.T) {
+	gvr := schema.GroupVersionResource{
+		Group:    "example.com",
+		Version:  "v1",
+		Resource: "mytypes",
+	}
+	CtxQueue := queue.NewQueueOperationsCtx()
+	registry := typed.NewRegistry()
+	broadcaster := record.NewBroadcaster()
+	eventSink := &typedcorev1.EventSinkImpl{Interface: fake.NewSimpleClientset().CoreV1().Events("")}
+
+	controller := NewOwnedResourceController("my-controller", gvr, CtxQueue, registry, broadcaster, func(ctx context.Context, gvr schema.GroupVersionResource, namespace, name string) {
+	})
+
+	mgr := NewManager(ctrlmanageropts.RecommendedDebuggingOptions().DebuggingConfiguration, ":", broadcaster, eventSink)
+	ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
+	defer cancel()
+	go func() {
+		_ = mgr.Start(ctx, controller)
+	}()
+
+	// add many keys
+	for i := 0; i < 10; i++ {
+		controller.Queue.Add(cachekeys.GVRMetaNamespaceKeyer(gvr, fmt.Sprintf("test/%d", i)))
+	}
+	require.Eventually(t, func() bool {
+		return controller.Queue.Len() == 0
+	}, 1*time.Second, 1*time.Millisecond)
+
+	// add the same key many times
+	for i := 0; i < 10; i++ {
+		controller.Queue.Add(cachekeys.GVRMetaNamespaceKeyer(gvr, "test/a"))
+	}
+	require.Eventually(t, func() bool {
+		return controller.Queue.Len() == 0
+	}, 1*time.Second, 1*time.Millisecond)
+}