diff --git a/CHANGES/1294.bugfix b/CHANGES/1294.bugfix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..08884033c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/CHANGES/1294.bugfix
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+Fixed an issue where the reset-admin-password `Job` was not being deployed during
+a reinstallation with the same admin `Secret`.
diff --git a/controllers/repo_manager/job.go b/controllers/repo_manager/job.go
index f7ffd3f8b..b581cd3d1 100644
--- a/controllers/repo_manager/job.go
+++ b/controllers/repo_manager/job.go
@@ -41,10 +41,11 @@ func (r *RepoManagerReconciler) updateAdminPasswordJob(ctx context.Context, pulp
 		log.Error(err, "Failed to find "+adminSecretName+" Secret!")
 	}
 
-	// if the secret didn't change there is nothing to do
+	// if the secret is already set (it is not the first execution) and it
+	// didn't change, there is nothing to do
 	calculatedHash := controllers.CalculateHash(adminSecret.Data)
 	currentHash := controllers.GetCurrentHash(adminSecret)
-	if currentHash == calculatedHash {
+	if pulp.Status.AdminPasswordSecret != "" && currentHash == calculatedHash {
 		return
 	}
 
@@ -81,6 +82,9 @@ func (r *RepoManagerReconciler) updateAdminPasswordJob(ctx context.Context, pulp
 	if err := r.Update(ctx, adminSecret); err != nil {
 		log.Error(err, "Failed to update "+adminSecretName+" Secret label!")
 	}
+
+	// update the status.admin_password_secret field
+	setStatus(ctx, pulp, adminPwdSecretCondition(), *r, "AdminPasswordSecret")
 }
 
 // pulpcoreVolumes defines the list of volumes used by pulpcore containers
diff --git a/controllers/repo_manager/status.go b/controllers/repo_manager/status.go
index eb6aa6ec4..6a3825929 100644
--- a/controllers/repo_manager/status.go
+++ b/controllers/repo_manager/status.go
@@ -179,7 +179,6 @@ func setStatusFields(ctx context.Context, pulp *repomanagerpulpprojectorgv1beta2
 		{verifyFunc: dbFieldsEncrSecretCondition(), fieldName: "DBFieldsEncryptionSecret"},
 		{verifyFunc: ingressTypeCondition(), fieldName: "IngressType"},
 		{verifyFunc: containerTokenSecretCondition(), fieldName: "ContainerTokenSecret"},
-		{verifyFunc: adminPwdSecretCondition(), fieldName: "AdminPasswordSecret"},
 		{verifyFunc: ingressClassNameCondition(), fieldName: "IngressClassName"},
 		{verifyFunc: pulpSecretKeyCondition(), fieldName: "PulpSecretKey"},
 	}