diff --git a/pkg/apis/config/kubeclient.go b/pkg/apis/config/kubeclient.go
index 32c290c35..01e6d8101 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/config/kubeclient.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/config/kubeclient.go
@@ -41,6 +41,8 @@ func initKubeClient(kubeconfig string) (clientcmd.ClientConfig, *rest.Config, *k
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, nil, nil, err
 	}
+	restConfig.QPS = 10
+	restConfig.Burst = 20
 	// create the clientset
 	clientset, err := kubernetes.NewForConfig(restConfig)
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/pkg/workflow/workflow.go b/pkg/workflow/workflow.go
index 9091cf470..0c61ad6a7 100644
--- a/pkg/workflow/workflow.go
+++ b/pkg/workflow/workflow.go
@@ -171,8 +171,7 @@ func SubmitJob(name string, trainingType string, namespace string, values interf
 		trainingType == string(types.PytorchTrainingJob) {
 		err := kubectl.PatchOwnerReferenceWithAppInfoFile(name, trainingType, appInfoFileName, namespace)
 		if err != nil {
-			log.Warnf("Failed to patch ownerReference %s due to %v`", name, err)
-			return err
+			log.Debugf("Failed to patch ownerReference %s due to %v`", name, err)
 		}
 	}