nil deref panic in openshift-controller-manager

I0830 22:57:12.972823       1 event.go:285] Event(v1.ObjectReference{Kind:"Deployment", Namespace:"openshift-controller-manager-operator", Name:"openshift-controller-manager-operator", UID:"c4bf9ebb-3c7b-49f1-99a9-188a2f1ef6f9", APIVersion:"apps/v1", ResourceVersion:"", FieldPath:""}): type: 'Warning' reason: 'DeploymentCreateFailed' Failed to create Deployment.apps/route-controller-manager -n openshift-route-controller-manager: namespaces "openshift-route-controller-manager" not found
E0830 22:57:12.972986       1 runtime.go:79] Observed a panic: "invalid memory address or nil pointer dereference" (runtime error: invalid memory address or nil pointer dereference)
goroutine 675 [running]:
k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/runtime.logPanic({0x1fa3640?, 0x38bd8a0})
	k8s.io/apimachinery@v0.24.0/pkg/util/runtime/runtime.go:75 +0x99
k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/runtime.HandleCrash({0x0, 0x0, 0x2695420?})
	k8s.io/apimachinery@v0.24.0/pkg/util/runtime/runtime.go:49 +0x75
panic({0x1fa3640, 0x38bd8a0})
	runtime/panic.go:838 +0x207
github.com/openshift/cluster-openshift-controller-manager-operator/pkg/operator.syncOpenShiftControllerManager_v311_00_to_latest({{0xc00005c006, 0x7f}, {0x26cd280, 0xc0005e8030}, {0x26a29a8, 0xc0005e8120}, {0x26d2ec8, 0xc0008d5800}, {0x2699fc0, 0xc0001ea300}, ...}, ...)
	github.com/openshift/cluster-openshift-controller-manager-operator/pkg/operator/sync_openshiftcontrollermanager_v311_00.go:173 +0x2060
github.com/openshift/cluster-openshift-controller-manager-operator/pkg/operator.OpenShiftControllerManagerOperator.sync({{0xc00005c006, 0x7f}, {0x26cd280, 0xc0005e8030}, {0x26a29a8, 0xc0005e8120}, {0x26d2ec8, 0xc0008d5800}, {0x2699fc0, 0xc0001ea300}, ...})
	github.com/openshift/cluster-openshift-controller-manager-operator/pkg/operator/operator.go:125 +0xbc
github.com/openshift/cluster-openshift-controller-manager-operator/pkg/operator.(*OpenShiftControllerManagerOperator).processNextWorkItem(0xc0005e6870)
	github.com/openshift/cluster-openshift-controller-manager-operator/pkg/operator/operator.go:161 +0x158
github.com/openshift/cluster-openshift-controller-manager-operator/pkg/operator.(*OpenShiftControllerManagerOperator).runWorker(0xc000ac83c0?, {0x0?, 0x2?})
	github.com/openshift/cluster-openshift-controller-manager-operator/pkg/operator/operator.go:147 +0x25
k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/wait.JitterUntilWithContext.func1()
	k8s.io/apimachinery@v0.24.0/pkg/util/wait/wait.go:188 +0x25
k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/wait.BackoffUntil.func1(0x0?)
	k8s.io/apimachinery@v0.24.0/pkg/util/wait/wait.go:155 +0x3e
k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/wait.BackoffUntil(0xc00001d6c8?, {0x269bba0, 0xc000ac83c0}, 0x1, 0xc000444f60)
	k8s.io/apimachinery@v0.24.0/pkg/util/wait/wait.go:156 +0xb6
k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/wait.JitterUntil(0x1?, 0x3b9aca00, 0x0, 0x78?, 0x200000000?)
	k8s.io/apimachinery@v0.24.0/pkg/util/wait/wait.go:133 +0x89
k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/wait.JitterUntilWithContext({0x26bf678, 0xc0000505c0}, 0xc000ab32b0, 0xc00047b140?, 0x0?, 0x0?)
	k8s.io/apimachinery@v0.24.0/pkg/util/wait/wait.go:188 +0x99
k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/wait.UntilWithContext({0x26bf678?, 0xc0000505c0?}, 0xc00001d768?, 0xc00001d778?)
	k8s.io/apimachinery@v0.24.0/pkg/util/wait/wait.go:99 +0x2b
created by github.com/openshift/cluster-openshift-controller-manager-operator/pkg/operator.(*OpenShiftControllerManagerOperator).Run
	github.com/openshift/cluster-openshift-controller-manager-operator/pkg/operator/operator.go:142 +0x1bd