diff --git a/pkg/controllers/dataexport/reconcile.go b/pkg/controllers/dataexport/reconcile.go
index bcba057fb..082756fd6 100644
--- a/pkg/controllers/dataexport/reconcile.go
+++ b/pkg/controllers/dataexport/reconcile.go
@@ -1531,6 +1531,11 @@ func (c *Controller) cleanUp(driver drivers.Interface, de *kdmpapi.DataExport) e
 			logrus.Errorf(errMsg)
 			return fmt.Errorf(errMsg)
 		}
+		if err := core.Instance().DeleteSecret(utils.GetImageSecretName(jobName), namespace); err != nil && !k8sErrors.IsNotFound(err) {
+			errMsg := fmt.Sprintf("deletion of image secret %s failed: %v", jobName, err)
+			logrus.Errorf(errMsg)
+			return fmt.Errorf(errMsg)
+		}
 	}
 
 	if err := core.Instance().DeleteSecret(utils.GetCredSecretName(de.Name), namespace); err != nil && !k8sErrors.IsNotFound(err) {
diff --git a/pkg/controllers/resourceexport/reconcile.go b/pkg/controllers/resourceexport/reconcile.go
index cf6d6072e..56fb7b4a9 100644
--- a/pkg/controllers/resourceexport/reconcile.go
+++ b/pkg/controllers/resourceexport/reconcile.go
@@ -280,6 +280,11 @@ func (c *Controller) cleanupResources(resourceExport *kdmpapi.ResourceExport) er
 		logrus.Errorf(errMsg)
 		return fmt.Errorf(errMsg)
 	}
+	if err := core.Instance().DeleteSecret(utils.GetImageSecretName(rbName), rbNamespace); err != nil && !k8sErrors.IsNotFound(err) {
+		errMsg := fmt.Sprintf("deletion of image secret %s failed: %v", rbName, err)
+		logrus.Errorf(errMsg)
+		return fmt.Errorf(errMsg)
+	}
 	return nil
 }