diff --git a/plugins/catalog-react/src/components/UserListPicker/useOwnedEntitiesCount.ts b/plugins/catalog-react/src/components/UserListPicker/useOwnedEntitiesCount.ts
index f2ff985c09..5eac3ced60 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog-react/src/components/UserListPicker/useOwnedEntitiesCount.ts
+++ b/plugins/catalog-react/src/components/UserListPicker/useOwnedEntitiesCount.ts
@@ -29,9 +29,10 @@ export function useOwnedEntitiesCount() {
   const catalogApi = useApi(catalogApiRef);
 
   const { filters } = useEntityList();
-  // Trigger load only on mount
+
   const { value: ownershipEntityRefs, loading: loadingEntityRefs } = useAsync(
     async () => (await identityApi.getBackstageIdentity()).ownershipEntityRefs,
+    // load only on mount
     [],
   );
 
diff --git a/plugins/catalog-react/src/hooks/useEntityOwnership.ts b/plugins/catalog-react/src/hooks/useEntityOwnership.ts
index 9c86d6e01a..fdd73434ec 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog-react/src/hooks/useEntityOwnership.ts
+++ b/plugins/catalog-react/src/hooks/useEntityOwnership.ts
@@ -41,10 +41,14 @@ export function useEntityOwnership(): {
   const identityApi = useApi(identityApiRef);
 
   // Trigger load only on mount
-  const { loading, value: refs } = useAsync(async () => {
-    const { ownershipEntityRefs } = await identityApi.getBackstageIdentity();
-    return ownershipEntityRefs;
-  }, []);
+  const { loading, value: refs } = useAsync(
+    async () => {
+      const { ownershipEntityRefs } = await identityApi.getBackstageIdentity();
+      return ownershipEntityRefs;
+    },
+    // load only on mount
+    [],
+  );
 
   const isOwnedEntity = useMemo(() => {
     const myOwnerRefs = new Set(refs ?? []);