diff --git a/pkg/controller/postgresql.go b/pkg/controller/postgresql.go
index 876271d0e..bccd7002c 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/postgresql.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/postgresql.go
@@ -298,6 +298,7 @@ func (c *Controller) queueClusterEvent(old, new *spec.Postgresql, eventType spec
 
 	workerID := c.clusterWorkerID(clusterName)
 	clusterEvent := spec.ClusterEvent{
+		EventTime: time.Now(),
 		EventType: eventType,
 		UID:       uid,
 		OldSpec:   old,
diff --git a/pkg/controller/util.go b/pkg/controller/util.go
index e9d0c5617..1a8d5f87e 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/util.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/util.go
@@ -48,8 +48,7 @@ func (c *Controller) clusterWorkerID(clusterName spec.NamespacedName) uint32 {
 func (c *Controller) createTPR() error {
 	tpr := thirdPartyResource(constants.TPRName)
 
-	_, err := c.KubeClient.ThirdPartyResources().Create(tpr)
-	if err != nil {
+	if _, err := c.KubeClient.ThirdPartyResources().Create(tpr); err != nil {
 		if !k8sutil.ResourceAlreadyExists(err) {
 			return err
 		}
diff --git a/pkg/spec/types.go b/pkg/spec/types.go
index cbb819953..78a4c7f7e 100644
--- a/pkg/spec/types.go
+++ b/pkg/spec/types.go
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ const (
 
 // ClusterEvent carries the payload of the Cluster TPR events.
 type ClusterEvent struct {
+	EventTime time.Time
 	UID       types.UID
 	EventType EventType
 	OldSpec   *Postgresql