diff --git a/controllers/common.go b/controllers/common.go
index 106c9897..79822ed8 100644
--- a/controllers/common.go
+++ b/controllers/common.go
@@ -34,4 +34,5 @@ const (
 	EnableWebhooksEnvVar           = "ENABLE_WEBHOOKS"
 	ControllerSyncPeriodEnvVar     = "SYNC_PERIOD"
 	ConnectUsingPlainHTTPEnvVar    = "CONNECT_USING_PLAIN_HTTP"
+	MaxConcurrentReconciles        = "MAX_CONCURRENT_RECONCILES"
 )
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 10417de5..955660dc 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ func main() {
 	}
 
 	var maxConcurrentReconciles int
-	if maxConcurrentReconcilesEnvValue := getIntEnv("MAX_CONCURRENT_RECONCILES"); maxConcurrentReconcilesEnvValue > 0 {
+	if maxConcurrentReconcilesEnvValue := getIntEnv(controllers.MaxConcurrentReconciles); maxConcurrentReconcilesEnvValue > 0 {
 		maxConcurrentReconciles = maxConcurrentReconcilesEnvValue
 		log.Info(fmt.Sprintf("maxConcurrentReconciles set to %d", maxConcurrentReconciles))
 	}