diff --git a/internal/dataplane/config_status.go b/internal/dataplane/config_status.go
index 9168456791..7ab50b1719 100644
--- a/internal/dataplane/config_status.go
+++ b/internal/dataplane/config_status.go
@@ -42,8 +42,8 @@ func (n *ChannelConfigNotifier) SubscribeConfigStatus() chan ConfigStatus {
 	return n.ch
 }
 
-func NewChannelConfigNotifier(ch chan ConfigStatus) *ChannelConfigNotifier {
+func NewChannelConfigNotifier() *ChannelConfigNotifier {
 	return &ChannelConfigNotifier{
-		ch: ch,
+		ch: make(chan ConfigStatus, 1),
 	}
 }
diff --git a/internal/dataplane/kong_client.go b/internal/dataplane/kong_client.go
index 2cbe108a0b..6fcbf9e017 100644
--- a/internal/dataplane/kong_client.go
+++ b/internal/dataplane/kong_client.go
@@ -537,7 +537,7 @@ func handleSendToClientResult(client sendconfig.KonnectAwareClient, logger logru
 	return newSHA, nil
 }
 
-// SetConfigStatusNotifier sets a notifier notifies configurations to subscribers
+// SetConfigStatusNotifier sets a notifier which notifies subscribers about configuration sending results.
 // Currently it is used for uploading the node status to konnect runtime group.
 func (c *KongClient) SetConfigStatusNotifier(n ConfigStatusNotifier) {
 	c.lock.Lock()
diff --git a/internal/konnect/node_agent.go b/internal/konnect/node_agent.go
index 6898f3a401..4318927f20 100644
--- a/internal/konnect/node_agent.go
+++ b/internal/konnect/node_agent.go
@@ -108,13 +108,15 @@ func (a *NodeAgent) clearOutdatedNodes() error {
 }
 
 func (a *NodeAgent) subscribeConfigStatus(ctx context.Context) {
+	ch := a.configStatusSubscriber.SubscribeConfigStatus()
+	chDone := ctx.Done()
+
 	for {
 		select {
-		case <-ctx.Done():
-			err := ctx.Err()
-			a.Logger.Info("subscribe loop stopped", "message", err.Error())
+		case <-chDone:
+			a.Logger.Info("subscribe loop stopped", "message", ctx.Err().Error())
 			return
-		case configStatus := <-a.configStatusSubscriber.SubscribeConfigStatus():
+		case configStatus := <-ch:
 			a.configStatus.Store(uint32(configStatus))
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/internal/manager/run.go b/internal/manager/run.go
index 613d1fe836..7147599239 100644
--- a/internal/manager/run.go
+++ b/internal/manager/run.go
@@ -200,8 +200,7 @@ func Run(ctx context.Context, c *Config, diagnostic util.ConfigDumpDiagnostic, d
 			hostname, _ := os.Hostname()
 			version := metadata.Release
 			// set channel to send config status.
-			configStatusChan := make(chan dataplane.ConfigStatus, 1)
-			configStatusNotifier := dataplane.NewChannelConfigNotifier(configStatusChan)
+			configStatusNotifier := dataplane.NewChannelConfigNotifier()
 			dataplaneClient.SetConfigStatusNotifier(configStatusNotifier)
 
 			agent := konnect.NewNodeAgent(