diff --git a/pkg/controller/endpoint/endpoints_controller.go b/pkg/controller/endpoint/endpoints_controller.go
index 61df9eac35a..3eae02210bb 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/endpoint/endpoints_controller.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/endpoint/endpoints_controller.go
@@ -73,8 +73,6 @@ const (
 func NewEndpointController(podInformer coreinformers.PodInformer, serviceInformer coreinformers.ServiceInformer,
 	endpointsInformer coreinformers.EndpointsInformer, client clientset.Interface, endpointUpdatesBatchPeriod time.Duration) *Controller {
 	broadcaster := record.NewBroadcaster()
-	broadcaster.StartStructuredLogging(0)
-	broadcaster.StartRecordingToSink(&v1core.EventSinkImpl{Interface: client.CoreV1().Events("")})
 	recorder := broadcaster.NewRecorder(scheme.Scheme, v1.EventSource{Component: "endpoint-controller"})
 
 	if client != nil && client.CoreV1().RESTClient().GetRateLimiter() != nil {
@@ -173,6 +171,12 @@ type Controller struct {
 // endpoints will be handled in parallel.
 func (e *Controller) Run(ctx context.Context, workers int) {
 	defer utilruntime.HandleCrash()
+
+	// Start events processing pipeline.
+	e.eventBroadcaster.StartStructuredLogging(0)
+	e.eventBroadcaster.StartRecordingToSink(&v1core.EventSinkImpl{Interface: e.client.CoreV1().Events("")})
+	defer e.eventBroadcaster.Shutdown()
+
 	defer e.queue.ShutDown()
 
 	klog.Infof("Starting endpoint controller")
diff --git a/pkg/controller/endpointslice/endpointslice_controller.go b/pkg/controller/endpointslice/endpointslice_controller.go
index f91dc4de11d..15778c97a61 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/endpointslice/endpointslice_controller.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/endpointslice/endpointslice_controller.go
@@ -86,8 +86,6 @@ func NewController(podInformer coreinformers.PodInformer,
 	endpointUpdatesBatchPeriod time.Duration,
 ) *Controller {
 	broadcaster := record.NewBroadcaster()
-	broadcaster.StartStructuredLogging(0)
-	broadcaster.StartRecordingToSink(&v1core.EventSinkImpl{Interface: client.CoreV1().Events("")})
 	recorder := broadcaster.NewRecorder(scheme.Scheme, v1.EventSource{Component: "endpoint-slice-controller"})
 
 	if client != nil && client.CoreV1().RESTClient().GetRateLimiter() != nil {
@@ -252,6 +250,12 @@ type Controller struct {
 // Run will not return until stopCh is closed.
 func (c *Controller) Run(workers int, stopCh <-chan struct{}) {
 	defer utilruntime.HandleCrash()
+
+	// Start events processing pipeline.
+	c.eventBroadcaster.StartLogging(klog.Infof)
+	c.eventBroadcaster.StartRecordingToSink(&v1core.EventSinkImpl{Interface: c.client.CoreV1().Events("")})
+	defer c.eventBroadcaster.Shutdown()
+
 	defer c.queue.ShutDown()
 
 	klog.Infof("Starting endpoint slice controller")
diff --git a/pkg/controller/endpointslicemirroring/endpointslicemirroring_controller.go b/pkg/controller/endpointslicemirroring/endpointslicemirroring_controller.go
index 11664d98614..ecefec98fba 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/endpointslicemirroring/endpointslicemirroring_controller.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/endpointslicemirroring/endpointslicemirroring_controller.go
@@ -75,8 +75,6 @@ func NewController(endpointsInformer coreinformers.EndpointsInformer,
 	endpointUpdatesBatchPeriod time.Duration,
 ) *Controller {
 	broadcaster := record.NewBroadcaster()
-	broadcaster.StartLogging(klog.Infof)
-	broadcaster.StartRecordingToSink(&v1core.EventSinkImpl{Interface: client.CoreV1().Events("")})
 	recorder := broadcaster.NewRecorder(scheme.Scheme, v1.EventSource{Component: "endpoint-slice-mirroring-controller"})
 
 	if client != nil && client.CoreV1().RESTClient().GetRateLimiter() != nil {
@@ -207,6 +205,12 @@ type Controller struct {
 // Run will not return until stopCh is closed.
 func (c *Controller) Run(workers int, stopCh <-chan struct{}) {
 	defer utilruntime.HandleCrash()
+
+	// Start events processing pipeline.
+	c.eventBroadcaster.StartLogging(klog.Infof)
+	c.eventBroadcaster.StartRecordingToSink(&v1core.EventSinkImpl{Interface: c.client.CoreV1().Events("")})
+	defer c.eventBroadcaster.Shutdown()
+
 	defer c.queue.ShutDown()
 
 	klog.Infof("Starting EndpointSliceMirroring controller")
diff --git a/pkg/controller/endpointslicemirroring/endpointslicemirroring_controller_test.go b/pkg/controller/endpointslicemirroring/endpointslicemirroring_controller_test.go
index 883db710da2..960e09855e0 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/endpointslicemirroring/endpointslicemirroring_controller_test.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/endpointslicemirroring/endpointslicemirroring_controller_test.go
@@ -28,9 +28,11 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/wait"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/informers"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes/fake"
+	v1core "k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes/typed/core/v1"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/tools/cache"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/tools/leaderelection/resourcelock"
 
+	"k8s.io/klog/v2"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/controller"
 )
 
@@ -58,6 +60,11 @@ func newController(batchPeriod time.Duration) (*fake.Clientset, *endpointSliceMi
 		client,
 		batchPeriod)
 
+	// The event processing pipeline is normally started via Run() method.
+	// However, since we don't start it in unit tests, we explicitly start it here.
+	esController.eventBroadcaster.StartLogging(klog.Infof)
+	esController.eventBroadcaster.StartRecordingToSink(&v1core.EventSinkImpl{Interface: client.CoreV1().Events("")})
+
 	esController.endpointsSynced = alwaysReady
 	esController.endpointSlicesSynced = alwaysReady
 	esController.servicesSynced = alwaysReady