diff --git a/config/rbac/submariner-operator/cluster_role.yaml b/config/rbac/submariner-operator/cluster_role.yaml
index 82dade3911..99c598b8af 100644
--- a/config/rbac/submariner-operator/cluster_role.yaml
+++ b/config/rbac/submariner-operator/cluster_role.yaml
@@ -56,15 +56,6 @@ rules:
     verbs:
       - get
       - list
-  - apiGroups:
-      - ""
-    resources:
-      # Needed for openshift monitoring
-      - namespaces
-    verbs:
-      - get
-      - list
-      - watch
   - apiGroups:
       - monitoring.coreos.com
     resources:
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index d84d4cf158..203fb1c837 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/prometheus-operator/prometheus-operator/pkg/apis/monitoring v0.73.2
 	github.com/prometheus-operator/prometheus-operator/pkg/client v0.73.2
 	github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.19.0
-	github.com/submariner-io/admiral v0.18.0-m3
+	github.com/submariner-io/admiral v0.18.0-m3.0.20240504143439-22ee51817b45
 	github.com/submariner-io/shipyard v0.18.0-m3
 	github.com/submariner-io/submariner v0.18.0-m3
 	golang.org/x/net v0.24.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index b1d5000db9..92bf8be04e 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -394,8 +394,8 @@ github.com/stretchr/testify v1.4.0/go.mod h1:j7eGeouHqKxXV5pUuKE4zz7dFj8WfuZ+81P
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.6.1/go.mod h1:6Fq8oRcR53rry900zMqJjRRixrwX3KX962/h/Wwjteg=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.9.0 h1:HtqpIVDClZ4nwg75+f6Lvsy/wHu+3BoSGCbBAcpTsTg=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.9.0/go.mod h1:r2ic/lqez/lEtzL7wO/rwa5dbSLXVDPFyf8C91i36aY=
-github.com/submariner-io/admiral v0.18.0-m3 h1:L87Jwb4oYAHbfuHxJ0BlKucZT5lP/OdyAuS18NenS6Q=
-github.com/submariner-io/admiral v0.18.0-m3/go.mod h1:vkFQs9wWq1HY4k3JesxlLfKZTaA/llOkbdCDZCdk3yc=
+github.com/submariner-io/admiral v0.18.0-m3.0.20240504143439-22ee51817b45 h1:7wwl7v808XgYCCs1fKXhQHYCA+njJLmWyNekbiefSFg=
+github.com/submariner-io/admiral v0.18.0-m3.0.20240504143439-22ee51817b45/go.mod h1:vkFQs9wWq1HY4k3JesxlLfKZTaA/llOkbdCDZCdk3yc=
 github.com/submariner-io/shipyard v0.18.0-m3 h1:N0/BAwTv5p6O7PgvQeouUzcgybJtq7QQ66gjos7+F48=
 github.com/submariner-io/shipyard v0.18.0-m3/go.mod h1:qs1LOCrPfM6H3JzR8TWNXFW4hvBiY+8gJ6OOjF4o4E0=
 github.com/submariner-io/submariner v0.18.0-m3 h1:IVpsPwFHLc1AK4/Ga8GtgdXVxnu3w7SfmoEgprmrcOw=
diff --git a/pkg/embeddedyamls/yamls.go b/pkg/embeddedyamls/yamls.go
index b2c74c22be..5cc7c2f959 100644
--- a/pkg/embeddedyamls/yamls.go
+++ b/pkg/embeddedyamls/yamls.go
@@ -2755,15 +2755,6 @@ rules:
     verbs:
       - get
       - list
-  - apiGroups:
-      - ""
-    resources:
-      # Needed for openshift monitoring
-      - namespaces
-    verbs:
-      - get
-      - list
-      - watch
   - apiGroups:
       - monitoring.coreos.com
     resources:
diff --git a/pkg/metrics/service-monitor.go b/pkg/metrics/service-monitor.go
index 647db754d2..1576d6cef3 100644
--- a/pkg/metrics/service-monitor.go
+++ b/pkg/metrics/service-monitor.go
@@ -24,20 +24,15 @@ import (
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 	monitoringv1 "github.com/prometheus-operator/prometheus-operator/pkg/apis/monitoring/v1"
 	monclientv1 "github.com/prometheus-operator/prometheus-operator/pkg/client/versioned/typed/monitoring/v1"
+	"github.com/submariner-io/admiral/pkg/resource"
 	v1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
-	apierrors "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/errors"
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/discovery"
-	clientset "k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/rest"
 	"k8s.io/utils/ptr"
-	logf "sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/log"
 )
 
-var (
-	log                         = logf.Log.WithName("metrics")
-	ErrServiceMonitorNotPresent = fmt.Errorf("no ServiceMonitor registered with the API")
-)
+var ErrServiceMonitorNotPresent = fmt.Errorf("no ServiceMonitor registered with the API")
 
 const openshiftMonitoringNS = "openshift-monitoring"
 
@@ -57,20 +52,6 @@ func CreateServiceMonitors(ctx context.Context, config *rest.Config, ns string,
 		return nil, ErrServiceMonitorNotPresent
 	}
 
-	// On OpenShift, we need to create the service monitors in the OpenShift monitoring namespace, not the
-	// services; we need our own clientset rather than the manager's since the latter hasn't started yet
-	// (so its caching infrastructure isn't available, and reads fail)
-	cs, err := clientset.NewForConfig(config)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, errors.Wrap(err, "error getting kube client")
-	}
-
-	if _, err := cs.CoreV1().Namespaces().Get(ctx, openshiftMonitoringNS, metav1.GetOptions{}); err == nil {
-		ns = openshiftMonitoringNS
-	} else if !apierrors.IsNotFound(err) {
-		log.Error(err, "Error checking for the OpenShift monitoring namespace")
-	}
-
 	serviceMonitors := make([]*monitoringv1.ServiceMonitor, len(services))
 	mclient := monclientv1.NewForConfigOrDie(config)
 
@@ -79,9 +60,15 @@ func CreateServiceMonitors(ctx context.Context, config *rest.Config, ns string,
 			continue
 		}
 
-		sm := GenerateServiceMonitor(ns, s)
+		// On OpenShift, we need to create the service monitors in the OpenShift monitoring namespace, not the
+		// service's. If that namespace doesn't exist then create in the provided namespace.
+		smc, err := mclient.ServiceMonitors(ns).Create(ctx, GenerateServiceMonitor(openshiftMonitoringNS, s), metav1.CreateOptions{})
+
+		missingNS, _ := resource.IsMissingNamespaceErr(err)
+		if missingNS {
+			smc, err = mclient.ServiceMonitors(ns).Create(ctx, GenerateServiceMonitor(ns, s), metav1.CreateOptions{})
+		}
 
-		smc, err := mclient.ServiceMonitors(ns).Create(ctx, sm, metav1.CreateOptions{})
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, errors.Wrap(err, "error creating ServiceMonitor")
 		}