diff --git a/pkg/util/rbac/rbac.go b/pkg/util/rbac/rbac.go
index a149a51af..b5d1f2d52 100644
--- a/pkg/util/rbac/rbac.go
+++ b/pkg/util/rbac/rbac.go
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ package rbac
 
 import (
 	rbacv1 "k8s.io/api/rbac/v1"
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/sets"
 	"reflect"
 	"strings"
 )
@@ -42,7 +43,13 @@ func CompactRules(rules []rbacv1.PolicyRule) ([]rbacv1.PolicyRule, error) {
 				if existingRule.Verbs == nil {
 					existingRule.Verbs = []string{}
 				}
-				existingRule.Verbs = append(existingRule.Verbs, rule.Verbs...)
+				existingVerbs := sets.NewString(existingRule.Verbs...)
+				for _, verb := range rule.Verbs {
+					if !existingVerbs.Has(verb) {
+						existingRule.Verbs = append(existingRule.Verbs, verb)
+					}
+				}
+
 			} else {
 				// Copy the rule to accumulate matching simple resource rules into
 				simpleRules[resource] = rule.DeepCopy()