diff --git a/pkg/epp/controller/inferencemodel_reconciler.go b/pkg/epp/controller/inferencemodel_reconciler.go
index 7cf188087..ebdb1cdde 100644
--- a/pkg/epp/controller/inferencemodel_reconciler.go
+++ b/pkg/epp/controller/inferencemodel_reconciler.go
@@ -43,10 +43,7 @@ type InferenceModelReconciler struct {
 }
 
 func (c *InferenceModelReconciler) Reconcile(ctx context.Context, req ctrl.Request) (ctrl.Result, error) {
-	if req.Namespace != c.PoolNamespacedName.Namespace {
-		return ctrl.Result{}, nil
-	}
-	logger := log.FromContext(ctx).V(logutil.DEFAULT).WithValues("inferenceModel", req.Name)
+	logger := log.FromContext(ctx).V(logutil.DEFAULT).WithValues("inferenceModel", req.NamespacedName)
 	ctx = ctrl.LoggerInto(ctx, logger)
 
 	logger.Info("Reconciling InferenceModel")
diff --git a/pkg/epp/controller/inferencemodel_reconciler_test.go b/pkg/epp/controller/inferencemodel_reconciler_test.go
index 87323e807..d52779197 100644
--- a/pkg/epp/controller/inferencemodel_reconciler_test.go
+++ b/pkg/epp/controller/inferencemodel_reconciler_test.go
@@ -85,11 +85,6 @@ var (
 			ModelName("fake model2").
 			CreationTimestamp(metav1.Unix(1000, 0)).
 			PoolName(pool.Name).ObjRef()
-	infModel2NS2 = utiltest.MakeInferenceModel(infModel2.Name).
-			Namespace("ns2").
-			ModelName(infModel2.Spec.ModelName).
-			CreationTimestamp(metav1.Unix(1000, 0)).
-			PoolName(pool.Name).ObjRef()
 )
 
 func TestInferenceModelReconciler(t *testing.T) {
@@ -131,12 +126,6 @@ func TestInferenceModelReconciler(t *testing.T) {
 			model:         infModel1NS2,
 			wantModels:    []*v1alpha2.InferenceModel{infModel1},
 		},
-		{
-			name:          "Model referencing a different pool, same pool name but different namespace",
-			modelsInStore: []*v1alpha2.InferenceModel{infModel1},
-			model:         infModel2NS2,
-			wantModels:    []*v1alpha2.InferenceModel{infModel1},
-		},
 		{
 			name:              "Existing model changed pools, replaced with another",
 			modelsInStore:     []*v1alpha2.InferenceModel{infModel1},