diff --git a/internal/controllers/sync-node/controller.go b/internal/controllers/sync-node/controller.go
index 2c953e5a..6b33a5f5 100644
--- a/internal/controllers/sync-node/controller.go
+++ b/internal/controllers/sync-node/controller.go
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ import (
 
 	stosv1 "github.com/storageos/api-manager/api/v1"
 	"github.com/storageos/api-manager/internal/pkg/storageos"
+	apierrors "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/errors"
 )
 
 const (
@@ -65,7 +66,7 @@ type Reconciler struct {
 	apiReset        chan<- struct{}
 	apiPollInterval time.Duration
 	nodeHashes      map[string][]byte
-	existingNodes   map[string]client.ObjectKey
+	existingNodes   map[string]string
 	recorder        record.EventRecorder
 }
 
@@ -91,7 +92,7 @@ func NewReconciler(
 		apiReset:        apiReset,
 		apiPollInterval: apiPollInterval,
 		nodeHashes:      map[string][]byte{},
-		existingNodes:   map[string]client.ObjectKey{},
+		existingNodes:   map[string]string{},
 		recorder:        recorder,
 	}
 }
@@ -121,7 +122,7 @@ func (r *Reconciler) Start(ctx context.Context) error {
 		return err
 	}
 	for _, node := range listNodes.Items {
-		r.existingNodes[node.Status.NodeID] = client.ObjectKey{Name: node.Name}
+		r.existingNodes[node.Status.NodeID] = node.Name
 	}
 	r.log.V(5).Info("existing nodes: %v", r.existingNodes)
 
@@ -152,20 +153,21 @@ func (r *Reconciler) sync(ctx context.Context) {
 			r.apiReset <- struct{}{}
 			continue
 		}
+
 		span.SetAttributes(label.Int("nodes", len(nodes)))
 
 		// Current nodes for easy lookup later.
-		currentNodes := map[string]client.ObjectKey{}
+		currentNodes := map[string]bool{}
 
 		for key, obj := range nodes {
-			r.existingNodes[obj.GetID()] = key
-			currentNodes[obj.GetID()] = key
+			r.existingNodes[obj.GetID()] = key.Name
+			currentNodes[obj.GetID()] = true
 
 			r.save(ctx, obj)
 		}
 
 		// Delete orphan nodes.
-		orphanNodes := map[string]client.ObjectKey{}
+		orphanNodes := map[string]string{}
 		for nodeID, nodeKey := range r.existingNodes {
 			if _, ok := currentNodes[nodeID]; !ok {
 				orphanNodes[nodeID] = nodeKey
@@ -252,8 +254,8 @@ func (r *Reconciler) save(ctx context.Context, obj storageos.Object) {
 }
 
 // delete receives Nodes to delete it.
-func (r *Reconciler) delete(ctx context.Context, nodeKey client.ObjectKey) {
-	log := r.log.WithValues("name", nodeKey.Name)
+func (r *Reconciler) delete(ctx context.Context, nodeName string) {
+	log := r.log.WithValues("name", nodeName)
 	log.Info("delete node")
 
 	// Record reconcile duration.
@@ -263,7 +265,7 @@ func (r *Reconciler) delete(ctx context.Context, nodeKey client.ObjectKey) {
 	tr := otel.Tracer("delete-node")
 	ctx, span := tr.Start(ctx, "delete node")
 	defer span.End()
-	span.SetAttributes(label.String("name", nodeKey.Name))
+	span.SetAttributes(label.String("name", nodeName))
 
 	observeErr := func(err error, msg string) {
 		span.RecordError(errors.Wrap(err, msg))
@@ -271,8 +273,11 @@ func (r *Reconciler) delete(ctx context.Context, nodeKey client.ObjectKey) {
 	}
 
 	node := &stosv1.Node{}
-	if err := r.Client.Get(ctx, nodeKey, node); err != nil {
-		observeErr(err, "unable to fetch node")
+	if err := r.Client.Get(ctx, client.ObjectKey{Name: nodeName}, node); err != nil {
+		if !apierrors.IsNotFound(err) {
+			observeErr(err, "unable to fetch node")
+		}
+
 		return
 	}
 
diff --git a/internal/pkg/storageos/node.go b/internal/pkg/storageos/node.go
index 4582c1da..49ecd8cf 100644
--- a/internal/pkg/storageos/node.go
+++ b/internal/pkg/storageos/node.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"errors"
 	"net/http"
+	"sort"
 	"time"
 
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
@@ -48,6 +49,12 @@ func (c *Client) NodeObjects(ctx context.Context) (map[client.ObjectKey]Object,
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, observeErr(stosapierrors.MapAPIError(err, resp))
 	}
+
+	// Guarantee uniqueness of hostnames, latest wins
+	sort.Slice(nodes, func(i, j int) bool {
+		return nodes[i].CreatedAt.Before(nodes[j].CreatedAt)
+	})
+
 	objects := make(map[client.ObjectKey]Object)
 	for _, node := range nodes {
 		nodeWrapper := model.StosObject{