diff --git a/config/jobs/kubernetes/sig-scalability/sig-scalability-periodic-jobs.yaml b/config/jobs/kubernetes/sig-scalability/sig-scalability-periodic-jobs.yaml
index 736eec8463a1..bd1ae06af549 100644
--- a/config/jobs/kubernetes/sig-scalability/sig-scalability-periodic-jobs.yaml
+++ b/config/jobs/kubernetes/sig-scalability/sig-scalability-periodic-jobs.yaml
@@ -1154,6 +1154,8 @@ periodics:
       env:
       - name: CL2_ENABLE_INFORMER_LATENCY_TEST
         value: "true"
+      - name: CL2_INFORMER_RUN_ON_CONTROL_PLANE
+        value: "true"
       - name: ETCD_QUOTA_BACKEND_BYTES # 20GB
         value: "21474836480"
       - name: CL2_EXECSERVICE_CPU_REQUESTS
diff --git a/config/jobs/kubernetes/sig-scalability/sig-scalability-release-blocking-jobs.yaml b/config/jobs/kubernetes/sig-scalability/sig-scalability-release-blocking-jobs.yaml
index 454a70386aa2..2c0423f1c62c 100644
--- a/config/jobs/kubernetes/sig-scalability/sig-scalability-release-blocking-jobs.yaml
+++ b/config/jobs/kubernetes/sig-scalability/sig-scalability-release-blocking-jobs.yaml
@@ -125,6 +125,8 @@ periodics:
       env:
       - name: CL2_ENABLE_INFORMER_LATENCY_TEST
         value: "true"
+      - name: CL2_INFORMER_RUN_ON_CONTROL_PLANE
+        value: "true"
       - name: ETCD_QUOTA_BACKEND_BYTES # 20GB
         value: "21474836480"
       - name: CL2_EXECSERVICE_CPU_REQUESTS