gistfile1.txt

diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/testing/fixture.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/testing/fixture.go
index 878ae7403ea..6662424f917 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/testing/fixture.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/testing/fixture.go
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import (
 	"sort"
 	"strings"
 	"sync"
+	"time"
 
 	"sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v4/typed"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/yaml"
@@ -361,15 +362,20 @@ func (t *tracker) Watch(logger klog.Logger, gvr schema.GroupVersionResource, ns
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	t.lock.Lock()
-	defer t.lock.Unlock()
-
 	fakewatcher := watch.NewRaceFreeFakeWithLogger(logger)
 
-	if _, exists := t.watchers[gvr]; !exists {
-		t.watchers[gvr] = make(map[string][]*watch.RaceFreeFakeWatcher)
-	}
-	t.watchers[gvr][ns] = append(t.watchers[gvr][ns], fakewatcher)
+	go func() {
+		time.Sleep(2 * time.Second)
+
+		t.lock.Lock()
+		defer t.lock.Unlock()
+
+		if _, exists := t.watchers[gvr]; !exists {
+			t.watchers[gvr] = make(map[string][]*watch.RaceFreeFakeWatcher)
+		}
+		t.watchers[gvr][ns] = append(t.watchers[gvr][ns], fakewatcher)
+	}()
+
 	return fakewatcher, nil
 }