diff --git a/pkg/controllers/backup/agent_controller.go b/pkg/controllers/backup/agent_controller.go
index 0328877e5..2b8d65ec8 100644
--- a/pkg/controllers/backup/agent_controller.go
+++ b/pkg/controllers/backup/agent_controller.go
@@ -127,7 +127,19 @@ func NewAgentController(
 		cache.ResourceEventHandlerFuncs{
 			UpdateFunc: func(oldObj, newObj interface{}) {
 				new := newObj.(*v1alpha1.Backup)
-				_, cond := backuputil.GetBackupCondition(&new.Status, v1alpha1.BackupScheduled)
+
+				_, cond := backuputil.GetBackupCondition(&new.Status, v1alpha1.BackupComplete)
+				if cond != nil && cond.Status == corev1.ConditionTrue {
+					glog.V(2).Infof("Backup %q is Complete, skipping.", kubeutil.NamespaceAndName(new))
+					return
+				}
+				_, cond = backuputil.GetBackupCondition(&new.Status, v1alpha1.BackupRunning)
+				if cond != nil && cond.Status == corev1.ConditionTrue {
+					glog.V(2).Infof("Backup %q is Running, skipping.", kubeutil.NamespaceAndName(new))
+					return
+				}
+
+				_, cond = backuputil.GetBackupCondition(&new.Status, v1alpha1.BackupScheduled)
 				if cond != nil && cond.Status == corev1.ConditionTrue && new.Spec.ScheduledMember == c.podName {
 					key, err := cache.MetaNamespaceKeyFunc(new)
 					if err != nil {
@@ -342,6 +354,16 @@ func (controller *AgentController) performBackup(backup *v1alpha1.Backup, creds
 
 	finished := time.Now()
 
+	// Get (updated) resource from store.
+	backup, err = controller.backupLister.Backups(backup.GetNamespace()).Get(backup.GetName())
+	if err != nil {
+		return errors.Wrap(err, "error getting Backup")
+	}
+	// Don't modify items in the cache.
+	backup = backup.DeepCopy()
+	// Set defaults (incl. operator version label).
+	backup = backup.EnsureDefaults()
+
 	backup.Status.TimeStarted = metav1.Time{Time: started}
 	backup.Status.TimeCompleted = metav1.Time{Time: finished}
 	backup.Status.Outcome = v1alpha1.BackupOutcome{Location: key}
diff --git a/pkg/controllers/backup/operator_controller.go b/pkg/controllers/backup/operator_controller.go
index 0094ad50d..548b9b5b3 100644
--- a/pkg/controllers/backup/operator_controller.go
+++ b/pkg/controllers/backup/operator_controller.go
@@ -132,6 +132,30 @@ func NewOperatorController(
 				}
 				c.queue.Add(key)
 			},
+			UpdateFunc: func(oldObj, newObj interface{}) {
+				new := newObj.(*v1alpha1.Backup)
+
+				_, cond := backuputil.GetBackupCondition(&new.Status, v1alpha1.BackupComplete)
+				if cond != nil && cond.Status == corev1.ConditionTrue {
+					glog.V(4).Infof("Backup %q is Complete, skipping.", kubeutil.NamespaceAndName(new))
+					return
+				}
+
+				_, cond = backuputil.GetBackupCondition(&new.Status, v1alpha1.BackupScheduled)
+				if cond != nil && cond.Status == corev1.ConditionTrue {
+					glog.V(4).Infof("Backup %q is already scheduled on Cluster member %q",
+						kubeutil.NamespaceAndName(new), new.Spec.ScheduledMember)
+					return
+				}
+
+				key, err := cache.MetaNamespaceKeyFunc(new)
+				if err != nil {
+					glog.Errorf("Error creating queue key, item not added to queue: %v", err)
+					return
+				}
+				c.queue.Add(key)
+				glog.V(4).Infof("Backup %q queued", kubeutil.NamespaceAndName(new))
+			},
 		},
 	)