diff --git a/controller_manager/src/controller_manager.cpp b/controller_manager/src/controller_manager.cpp
index c4887db15ab..dfaf9f68ce2 100644
--- a/controller_manager/src/controller_manager.cpp
+++ b/controller_manager/src/controller_manager.cpp
@@ -621,6 +621,16 @@ controller_interface::return_type ControllerManager::configure_controller(
       "update rate.",
       controller_name.c_str(), controller_update_rate, cm_update_rate);
   }
+  else if (controller_update_rate != 0 && cm_update_rate % controller_update_rate != 0)
+  {
+    const auto act_ctrl_update_rate = cm_update_rate / (cm_update_rate / controller_update_rate);
+    RCLCPP_WARN(
+      get_logger(),
+      "The controller : %s update rate : %d Hz is not a perfect divisor of the controller "
+      "manager's update rate : %d Hz!. The controller will be updated with nearest divisor's "
+      "update rate which is : %d Hz.",
+      controller_name.c_str(), controller_update_rate, cm_update_rate, act_ctrl_update_rate);
+  }
 
   // CHAINABLE CONTROLLERS: get reference interfaces from chainable controllers
   if (controller->is_chainable())
@@ -1887,10 +1897,12 @@ controller_interface::return_type ControllerManager::update(
     if (!loaded_controller.c->is_async() && is_controller_active(*loaded_controller.c))
     {
       const auto controller_update_rate = loaded_controller.c->get_update_rate();
+      const auto controller_update_factor =
+        (controller_update_rate == 0) || (controller_update_rate >= update_rate_)
+          ? 1u
+          : update_rate_ / controller_update_rate;
 
-      bool controller_go = controller_update_rate == 0 ||
-                           ((update_loop_counter_ % controller_update_rate) == 0) ||
-                           (controller_update_rate >= update_rate_);
+      bool controller_go = ((update_loop_counter_ % controller_update_factor) == 0);
       RCLCPP_DEBUG(
         get_logger(), "update_loop_counter: '%d ' controller_go: '%s ' controller_name: '%s '",
         update_loop_counter_, controller_go ? "True" : "False",