diff --git a/operators/endpointmetrics/main.go b/operators/endpointmetrics/main.go
index e5542091dd..6172c04850 100644
--- a/operators/endpointmetrics/main.go
+++ b/operators/endpointmetrics/main.go
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ func main() {
 		},
 		v1.SchemeGroupVersion.WithKind("ConfigMap"): {
 			{FieldSelector: namespaceSelector},
-			{FieldSelector: fmt.Sprintf("metadata.name==%s,metadata.namespace!=%s",
+			{FieldSelector: fmt.Sprintf("metadata.name==%s,metadata.namespace==%s",
 				operatorconfig.AllowlistCustomConfigMapName, "open-cluster-management-observability")},
 		},
 		v1.SchemeGroupVersion.WithKind("ConfigMap"): {