diff --git a/internal/controllers/import_controller.go b/internal/controllers/import_controller.go
index fce4c171..3adcc798 100644
--- a/internal/controllers/import_controller.go
+++ b/internal/controllers/import_controller.go
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ import (
 	clusterv1 "sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api/api/v1beta1"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api/controllers/external"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api/controllers/remote"
+	"sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api/util/conditions"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api/util/predicates"
 	utilyaml "sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api/util/yaml"
 
@@ -166,8 +167,9 @@ func (r *CAPIImportReconciler) Reconcile(ctx context.Context, req ctrl.Request)
 
 	log = log.WithValues("cluster", capiCluster.Name)
 
-	// Wait for controlplane to be ready
-	if !capiCluster.Status.ControlPlaneReady {
+	// Wait for controlplane to be ready. This should never be false as the predicates
+	// do the filtering.
+	if !capiCluster.Status.ControlPlaneReady && !conditions.IsTrue(capiCluster, clusterv1.ControlPlaneReadyCondition) {
 		log.Info("clusters control plane is not ready, requeue")
 		return ctrl.Result{RequeueAfter: defaultRequeueDuration}, nil
 	}
diff --git a/util/predicates/cluster_predicates.go b/util/predicates/cluster_predicates.go
index 084495ac..ac1f761a 100644
--- a/util/predicates/cluster_predicates.go
+++ b/util/predicates/cluster_predicates.go
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ import (
 	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/predicate"
 
 	clusterv1 "sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api/api/v1beta1"
+	"sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api/util/conditions"
 
 	"github.com/rancher-sandbox/rancher-turtles/util"
 	"github.com/rancher-sandbox/rancher-turtles/util/annotations"
@@ -95,14 +96,19 @@ func processIfClusterReadyControlPlane(logger logr.Logger, obj client.Object) bo
 		return false
 	}
 
-	if !cluster.Status.ControlPlaneReady {
-		log.V(4).Info("Cluster does not have a ready control plane, will not attempt to map resource")
-		return false
+	if cluster.Status.ControlPlaneReady {
+		log.V(6).Info("Cluster has a ready control plane, will attempt to map resource")
+		return true
+	}
+
+	if conditions.IsTrue(cluster, clusterv1.ControlPlaneReadyCondition) {
+		log.V(6).Info("Cluster has a ready control plane condition, will attempt to map resource")
+		return true
 	}
 
-	log.V(6).Info("Cluster has a ready control plane, will attempt to map resource")
+	log.V(4).Info("Cluster does not have a ready control plane, will not attempt to map resource")
 
-	return true
+	return false
 }
 
 // ClusterOrNamespaceWithImportLabel returns a predicate that returns true only if the provided resource is a cluster and